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The Yorktown High School Hall of Fame and Inspiration

David Brown

Inducted Spring 2004

1956-2003
Space Shuttle Astronaut Killed the Line of Duty
YHS Class of 1974
Inducted 2004

A medical doctor and pilot dedicated to exploring space; trained as a Navy flight surgeon in Pensacola, Fl., later became Navy Flight Surgeon of the Year; graduated top in his class in Navy jet training in 1988 and received rank of captain; served in Adak, Alaska, and Miramar, Calif., on the Carl Vinson Aircraft Carrier, Whidbey Island, Naval Strike Warfare Center, Fallon, Nevada, and in Patuxent, Md.; received doctorate in medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School 1982; B.S. in biology from William and Mary 1978; a gymnast in high school and college; among seven astronauts killed on Feb. 1, 2003, when Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on reentry to Earth’s atmosphere. A YHS flag was aboard.