Full name:  Frank Frederick Borman II

Born:  14-Mar-1928
Birthplace:  Gary, IN

Gender:  Male
Ethnicity:  White
Occupation:  Astronaut

Nationality:  United States
Executive summary:  First man to circumnavigate moon

Military service:  U.S. Air Force

In 1968, Borman commanded the Apollo 8 Mission into space.  He led the first team of astronauts to leave Earth's gravity and orbit the Moon.  The Apollo 8 mission provided mankind's first close-up encounter with the lunar surface and the first humans to view the back side of the Moon.

Previously, in 1965, Borman and Jim Lovell crewed Gemini 7 in the first Space Orbital Rendezvous, linking their craft with the Gemini 6 craft manned by Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford.  On the same mission Borman and Lovell became the first men to spend 14 continuous days in space.

In 1967, Borman served on the Apollo 204 Fire Investigation Board (he been an assistant professor of thermodynamics and fluid dynamics at West Point), and later headed the team that re-engineered the Apollo spacecraft.  During his time at NASA he also served as Field Director for the Space Station Task Force.

In 1970, Borman retired from the Air Force and served for 16 years as CEO of Eastern Airlines.  He retired from Eastern Airlines in June, 1986.  Later, he also served as a Special Presidential Ambassador to nations of the Far East.  Borman sought to raise support abroad for release of American prisoners or war held by North Vietnam.  In 1988, he released his autobiography entitled Countdown: An Autobiography of Frank Borman.

Among Borman's many honors and awards are the the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal.  In 1990, Borman and fellow Apollo 8 crewmen, Lovell and Anders, were inducted into the International Aerospace Hall of Fame.  Three years later, Borman was inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.  He was appointed to and served on the United States Senate Business Advisory Committee, from 1984 to 1988, with Wyoming businessman Kim Andereck and others.

Wife:  Susan Bugbee
Son:  Frederick
Son:  Edwin

    University:  BS, West Point (1950).
    University:  MS in Aeronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1957).
    University:  Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School (1970).

    Member, United States Senate Business Advisory Committee, 1984 - 1988. 

    Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
    Eastern Airlines - CEO 1970 to 1986.
    Member of the Board of Eastern Airlines,  July, 1970, forward.  Chairman of the Board, December 1976 forward.
    Alfalfa Club  - President, 1968.
    Order of DeMolay -Tucson, AZ, 1943.
    Congressional Space Medal of Honor, 1978.
    National Aviation Hall of Fame.
    Time Man of the Year, 1968.