Alan Shepard:ALMA_MATER:"NWC, M.A. 1957"####Alan Shepard:OCCUPATION:Test pilot####Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy):HIGHER:Department of Commerce Gold Medal####Alan Shepard:NATIONALITY:United States####Alan Shepard:DEATH_PLACE:California####Alan Shepard:BIRTH_PLACE:New Hampshire####Alan Shepard:AWARD:Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy)
American Alan Shepard was a test pilot who graduated from NWC with a M.A. in 1957. Shepard was born in New Hampshire and died in California and along the way he won the Distinguished Service Medal from the U.S. Navy which is an award higher than the Department of Commerce Gold Medal.