- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 19 min., 54 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Aerospace engineer and major general (ret) Charles F. Bolden, Jr. was born on August 19, 1946, in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1968, Bolden graduated with his B.S. degree in electrical science from the U.S. Naval Academy, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. In 1970, he completed flight school and flew in more than one hundred combat missions during the Vietnam War. In 1990, he piloted Space Shuttle Discovery, whose mission it was to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope. During Operation Desert Thunder-Kuwait in 1998, he was Commanding General of the Marine Expeditionary Force. He was inducted into the NASA Hall of Fame. In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Bolden as the NASA Administrator, making him only the second astronaut and the first African American to serve in this position. Bolden and his wife, Alexis Walker, have two children: USMC Lt. Col. Anthony, and Michelle, M.D.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Gen. Charles Bolden, Jr.
- Gen. Charles Bolden, Jr.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 994208944
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gen. Charles Bolden, Jr.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
041954
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 August 28.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2017 February 03.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Aerospace Engineer Major General (Ret).
- Added Author
Bolden, Charles, 1946- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.