Lee Morin
American astronaut
Lee Miller Emile Morin (born September 9, 1952) is a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He flew on STS-110 in 2002. He is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees along with astronaut Story Musgrave.
Personal data
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, Morin is married with two children and three grandchildren. An amateur machinist, he enjoys math and jogging.
Education
1970: Graduated from the Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio
1974: Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematical/Electrical science from the University of New Hampshire
1978: Received a Master of Science degree in Biochemistry from New York University
1981: Received a Doctorate of Medicine degree from New York University School of Medicine
1982: Received a Doctorate of Microbiology degree from New York University
1988: Received a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham
2008: Received a Master in Science degree in Physics from the University of Houston Clear Lake
Organizations
Aerospace Medical Association
Force Recon Association
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
Society of United States Naval Flight Surgeons.
Awards
Meritorious Service Medal
Navy Commendation Medal
Navy Achievement Medal
Navy Unit Commendation
Meritorious Unit Commendation (two awards)
Overseas Service Ribbon
National Defense Service Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Expert Pistol Medal
Expert Rifle Medal
Badges
Captain Morin has been awarded the following US Navy Badges:
US Navy Astronaut Wings aboard STS-110
US Navy Flight Medical Office's Wings while at Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola, Florida
US Navy Diving Officer's Badge and US Navy Submarine Medical Officer's Badge while serving aboard the USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730)
Special honors
Recipient of the 1994 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Award for Excellence in Military Medicine (also known as the Fisher Award)
Finalist of the 1995 Innovations in American Government Award from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Ford Foundation
Received the 1996 Sustaining Membership Lecture Award for the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.
Experience
After graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 1974, Morin worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the laboratory now known as the Media Lab. Morin matriculated at New York University School of Medicine in 1974, received a Master of Science in Biochemistry in 1978, an M.D. in 1981, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology in 1982. He then completed two years of residency training in General Surgery at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center and at Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx, New York City.
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