Background
Leibrecht, Murl Edwin was born on June 21, 1945 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Frank John and Minnie Louise Leibrecht.
Leibrecht, Murl Edwin was born on June 21, 1945 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Frank John and Minnie Louise Leibrecht.
Bachelor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1967. Doctor of Medicine, University Utah College Medicine, Salt Lake City, 1971. Master in Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, 1986.
Chief physician aeromedical services McChord Air Force Base Clinic, Tacoma, 1977—1980. Clinic director and embassy medical advisor United States Air Force Clinic, Oslo, 1980—1985. Command chief physician aerospace medicine SAC, Omaha, 1987—1990.
Program director residency in aerospace medicine United States Air Force School Aerospace Medicine, San Antonio, 1990—1993. Chief physician/command surgeon United States Air Force Space Command, Colorado Springs, 1993—1996. Clinic director Bad Aibling Station Clinic, Germany, 1996—2004.
Consultant physician Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, since 2004. Medical advisor United States Embassy, Oslo, 1980—1985. Assistant professor Uniformed Services University Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, 1990—1996.
Chairman department aerospace medicine United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, San Antonio, 1992—1993. Medical mem.astronaut selection board United States Air Force Astronaut Selection Board, Washington, 1993—1996. Member and medical advisor United States Air Force Space Shuttle Support Team, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.
Colonel United States Air Force, 1972-1996.
Working member Habitat for Humanity, San Antonio, since 1990. Fellow: American College of Preventive Medicine (life), Aerospace Medical Association (life). Member: Society of Air Force Flight Surgeons (president 1995-1996), National Wildlife Federation (life), National Audubon Society (life), Order of Waiilatpu (life), Tau Kappa Epsilon (life).
Married Karen Rae Kappel, August 12, 1967.