Background
Overmyer, Robert Franklyn was born on July 14, 1936 in Lorain, Ohio, United States. Son of Rolandus and Margaret (Fabian) Overmyer.
Astronaut marine corps officer
Overmyer, Robert Franklyn was born on July 14, 1936 in Lorain, Ohio, United States. Son of Rolandus and Margaret (Fabian) Overmyer.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Baldwin Wallace College, 1958; Master of Science in aeronautics, United States Naval Postgraduate School, 1964.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps., 1958; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Marine Corps., 1972; completed aerospace research pilot school, Edward Air Force Base, 1966; astronaut with Manned Orbiting Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966-1969; astronaut with Manned Spacecraft Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1969-1996; member support crew, Appolo-Soyuz Test Project, 1973-1975; co-pilot on 5th mission Columbia, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1982; commander Spacelab 3 mission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1985.
Member Society Experimental Test Pilots (associate), Sigma Xi.
Married Katherine Ellen Jones, October 17, 1959. Children: Carolyn Marie, Patricia Ann, Robert Rolandus.