Thursday, March 13, 2014

Joe Allen: Author, Astronaut & Administrator

Crawfordsville has its own astronaut! Check out Joe Allen in the Carnegie Museum's WOW Gallery after March 1st.

Joe Allen was born June 27, 1937 at Crawfordsville. Joe attended Mills School and graduated from CHS in 1955. DePauw was his next stop earning his bachelor of arts degree in math and physics. Yale is where he gained a masters degree and Ph.D. in physics.
At the time of his flights, Joe was 5'6'' and 125 pounds,
 thus earning the title "Little Joe."
There is a copy of Allen's book in  the RA
section of the Crawfordsville Library

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