In the history of technology, William R. Pogue is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists William R. Pogue as American astronaut (1930-2014).
William R. Pogue was born at Okemah in 1930. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at Oklahoma Baptist University and Oklahoma State University.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
He worked as military officer, astronaut and autobiographer.
His affiliations include National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
Recognition followed: United States Astronaut Hall of Fame.
That the work was done from the United States matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
William R. Pogue died in 2014, aged 84. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
- Affiliated with National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Educated at Oklahoma Baptist University, Oklahoma State University and U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School
- Worked as military officer, astronaut and autobiographer
