Vol. 25 No. 29
James A. Pawelczyk, 35, received a doctor of philosophy degree in biology from the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. He is an assistant professor of applied physiology at Penn State.
Jay C. Buckey, 39, earned a doctor of medicine degree from Cornell University Medical College, Ithaca, N.Y. He is a resident and instructor in medicine at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H. Dr. Buckey was an alternate payload specialist for STS-58, the second Spacelab life sciences mission.
Alexander W. Dunlap, 35, received his doctor of veterinary medicine degree from the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, La. He is scheduled to receive a doctor of medicine degree at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tenn., in May.
Chiaki Mukai, 43, an astronaut with the National Space Development Agency of Japan, earned a doctor of medicine degree and a doctor of philosophy degree from the Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Mukai became the first Japanese woman to fly in space when she flew as a payload specialist on STS-65, the second International Microgravity Laboratory mission in 1994.
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