Alan Bean:NATIONALITY:United States####Alan Bean:OCCUPATION:Test pilot####Alan Bean:ALMA_MATER:"UT Austin, B.S. 1955"####Alan Bean:WAS_A_CREW_MEMBER_OF:Apollo 12####Alan Bean:BIRTH_PLACE:Wheeler, Texas####Alan Bean:DATE_OF_RETIREMENT:"June 1981"####Alan Bean:WAS_SELECTED_BY_NASA:1963
Alan Bean is an American born in Wheeler, Texas. He graduated with a BS from UT Austin in 1955 and became a test pilot before being selected by NASA in 1963 to serve as crew on Apollo 12. He retired in June 1981.