Alan Shepard was Chief of the Astronaut Office.
Erskine is a Scottish surname .. Scottish surname. Scottish surname. Erskine. Erskine. The name is derived from a habitational name from a location -LRB- Erskine -RRB- on the southern bank of the River Clyde , near Glasgow .. River Clyde. River Clyde. Erskine. Erskine. Glasgow. Glasgow. This place was first recorded in 1225 as Erskin .. Early spellings of the place include  : Yrskin -LRB- 1227 -RRB- ; Ireskin -LRB- 1262 -RRB- ; Harskin -LRB- 1300 -RRB- , and Irschen -LRB- 1300 -RRB- .. The Scottish Gaelic form of the surname is Arascain .. Scottish Gaelic. Scottish Gaelic. Legend dictates that the name was given by King Malcolm II to a man who killed the Danish General Enrique at the Battle of Murthill .. He is said to have shown the bloody knife to king and said eris-skyne , meaning `` upon the knife '' .. The King , in honour of his valour , granted him the surname Eriskine .