Anders, William Alison, 1933-
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William A. Anders (b. October 17, 1933, Hong Kong) is a former United States Air Force officer, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman. Anders, along with Apollo 8 crewmates Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, is one of the first three persons to have left Earth orbit and traveled to the Moon. He was also the U.S. Ambassador to Norway from 1976 to 1977 under then President Gerald Ford's administration.
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| alumnusOrAlumnaOf | Air Force Institute of Technology (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| memberOf | Apollo 8 (Spacecraft) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Borman, Frank, 1928- | person |
| memberOf | Boy Scouts of America | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 | person |
| employeeOf | General Electric Corporation | corporateBody |
| alumnusOrAlumnaOf | Harvard university | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.). Faculty. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lovell, Jim. | person |
| memberOf | United States. Air Force | corporateBody |
| employeeOf | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration | corporateBody |
| memberOf | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Council | corporateBody |
| alumnusOrAlumnaOf | United States Naval Academy | corporateBody |
| memberOf | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission | corporateBody |
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Birth 1933-10-17
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