Vance Devoe Brand

Background

Brand, Vance Devoe was born on May 9, 1931 in Longmont, Colorado, United States. Son of Rudolph William and Donna (DeVoe) Brand.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business, University Colorado, 1953. Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, University Colorado, 1960. Master of Business Administration, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964.

Graduate, United States Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Maryland, 1963. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Colorado, 2000.

Career

With, Lockheed-California Company, Burbank, 1960-1966; flight test engineer, Lockheed-California Company, 1961-1962; traveling engineer representative, Lockheed-California Company, 1962-1963; engineering test pilot, Lockheed-California Company, 1963-1966; astronaut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1966-1992; command module pilot Apollo-Soyuz mission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, 1975; commander STS-5 Mission,, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, 1982; commander STS 41-B Mission,, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, 1984; commander STS-35 Mission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, 1990; chief plans, National Aero-Space Plane Joint Program Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio., 1992-1994; assistant chief flight operations directorate DFRC, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Edwards, California, since 1994; deputy director aerospace projects, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Edwards, California, since 1994.

Achievements

• Vance Devoe Brand has been listed as a noteworthy astronaut, director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1953-1957. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronomical Society, Society Experimental Test Pilots.

Connections

Married Joan Virginia Weninger, July 25, 1953. Children: Susan Nancy, Stephanie, Patrick Richard, Kevin Stephen. Married Beverly Ann Whitnel, November 3, 1979.

Children: Erik Ryan, Dane Vance.

Father:

Rudolph William Brand

Mother:

Donna (DeVoe) Brand

Spouse:

Beverly Ann Whitnel

Spouse:

Joan Virginia Weninger

child:

Patrick Richard Brand

child:

Erik Ryan Brand

child:

Kevin Stephen Brand

child:

Dane Vance Brand

child:

Stephanie Brand

child:

Susan Nancy Brand