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Senate Simple Resolution 344
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A resolution honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Robert Lawrence Jr.
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S. RES. 344 (Agreed-to-Senate)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 344


Honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Robert Lawrence Jr.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 29, 2017

Mr. Nelson (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Markey, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Thune) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Robert Lawrence Jr.

    Whereas Robert Lawrence was born on October 2, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Englewood High School at the age of 16;

    Whereas Robert Lawrence began his Air Force career in the Reserve Officer Training Corps when he was a teenager attending Bradley University;

    Whereas Robert Lawrence received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Bradley University in 1956;

    Whereas Robert Lawrence was commissioned a second lieutenant into the U.S. Air Force upon graduation at age 20;

    Whereas Robert Lawrence completed flight training at Malden Air Force Base in 1956 and was designated a U.S. Air Force pilot;

    Whereas Robert Lawrence was assigned as an instructor pilot for the German air force, flying T-33 trainers at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base near Munich;

    Whereas Robert Lawrence accrued over 2,500 hours of flight time with 2,000 of those hours in jets;

    Whereas Robert Lawrence earned his Ph.D. in 1965, after delivering his doctoral dissertation entitled “The Mechanism of the Tritium Beta-Ray Induced Exchange Reactions of Deuterium with Methane and Ethane in the Gas Phase”;

    Whereas Robert Lawrence was selected as an astronaut in the Department of Defense’s Manned Orbital Laboratory in 1967;

    Whereas Robert Lawrence was instrumental in compiling flight maneuver data that was used in the development of the Space Shuttle for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and

    Whereas on December 8, 1967, Robert Lawrence died in a crash of an F-104 Starfighter at Edwards Air Force Base, leaving behind an inspiring career in the STEM field and spaceflight awareness to encourage a generation of young scientists and astronauts: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved,

That the Senate honors the life of Dr. Robert Lawrence Jr., an Air Force Major, test pilot, and the first African-American astronaut selected for spaceflight.