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THEODORE C. FREEMAN
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Born February 18, 1930 in
Haverford, Pennsylvania. Ted graduated from the United States
Naval Academy with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical
engineering and earned a master’s degree in aeronautical
engineering from the University of Michigan. Freeman and his
wife Faith Clark Freeman, have one daughter, Faith. |
Captain Freeman was a
flight test aeronautical engineer and a flight test instructor at the
Air Force’s Aerospace Research Pilot School. He logged over 3,000 hours
of flying time.
He was chosen to be an astronaut, and was piloting a T-38 aircraft when
it crashed at Ellington Air Force Base.
Theodore C. Freeman made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life in
service to the nation and the space program on October 31, 1964 at 34
years of age.
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