Background
Hauck, Frederick Hamilton was born on April 11, 1941 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Philip and Virginia (Hustvedt) Hauck.
Astronaut military officer Aerospace executive
Hauck, Frederick Hamilton was born on April 11, 1941 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Philip and Virginia (Hustvedt) Hauck.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Tufts University, 1962. Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966. Doctor of Public Service (honorary), Tufts University, 2007.
Commissioned ensign United States Navy, 1962, advanced through grades to captain, 1983. Pilot Attack Squadron 35, United States Ship Coral Sea, 1968-1970. Instructor pilot Attack Squadron 42, Oceana, Virginia, 1970-1971.
Test pilot Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, 1971-1974. Operations officer Carrier Air Wing 14, Miramar, California, United States Ship Enterprise, 1974-1976. Executive officer Attack Squadron 145, Washington, 1976-1978.
Astronaut National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1978-1989. Space shuttle pilot shuttle transportation system mission 7, 1983. Space shuttle Commander STS-51A, 1984.
Associate administrator for external relations National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1986. Space shuttle Commander STS-26, 1988. Director Navy Space Systems (OP-943), Washington, 1989-1990, retired, 1990.
President, Chief Executive Officer AXA Investment Managers Space (formerly International Technology Underwriters), Bethesda, Maryland, 1990—2005. Commercial space transportation advisory committee Department Transportation, 1990-1998, chairman COMSTAC task group on Soviet entry into world space markets. Member commercial programs advisory committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1991-1992, mission review group on spacecraft salvage and repair, 1992.
Member panel on space launch industry United States Congress Office Technology Assessment, 1994-1995. Chairman National Aeronautics and Space Administration External Indiana Readiness review group for Second Hubble space Telescope Servicing Mission, 1995-1997. Member aeronautics and space engineering board, National Research Council, 1996-2002, international space station meteoroid/debris risk management committee, 1995-1997, chair space shuttle meteoroid/debris risk management committee, 1996-1997.
Chair board overseers Schools Arts and Sciences, Tufts University. Member advisory council Institute Nuclear Power Operations, since 2005. Member National Aeronautics and Space Administration Advisory Council, 2005^.
Space commentator and analyst NBC News, 2005-2006.
Trustee Tufts University, 1987-2002, emeritus, since 2003. Board governors St. Albans School, 1989-1995. Board directors United States Space Foundation, 2006^, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, 2005^.
Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronomical Society (board governors 1997—2000), Society Experimental Test Pilots. Member: Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, National Associate National Academies, Early and Pioneer Naval Aviators Association, Association Space Explorers (vice president 1991-1993, board governors 2000), Winter Harbor Yacht Club (Maine).
Married Dolly Bowman, August 27, 1962 (divorced). Children: Whitney Irene, Stephen Christopher. Married Susan Cameron Bruce, June 27, 1993.