Dr. Stanley C. White was born January 13, 1926 in Lebanon, Ohio. He obtained his M.D. in 1949 at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He received his Master of Public Health (MPH) in 1953 at John Hopkins University School of Public Health & Hygiene. He received his Board Certification in Aerospace Medicine from the American Board of Preventive Medicine in 1956.
He was a Colonel in the United States Air Force where he spent most of his career working in the Space Program. Throughout his career in the Air Force Space Program, he worked on the design of life support systems for manned space flight. He helped with the selection of astronauts for the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab programs. Dr. White served as Senior Medical and Life Sciences manager for the development and certification of Life Support Systems, Feeding & Waste Management Systems, Space Suits, and Emergency Survival Equipment that were included in Project Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Space Program. Dr. White's duties also included the medical care and support of the astronauts during flight, during normal and emergency landings, and post-flight assessments. Once he retired from the military, he continued to work in life sciences retiring as senior scientist at the Bionetics Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. He was married to Helene for sixty-three years and had four sons, one daughter, twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He passed away September 10, 2011 in Satellite Beach, Florida.
From the guide to the Dr. Stanley C. White Papers, 1950-2000, 1961-1979, (Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives)
