Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leland Melvin.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Melvin, Leland, 1964-
• Crowe, Larry F.
• Hickey, Matthew
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 47 min., 37 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Astronaut Leland D. Melvin was born on February 15, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Melvin earned his B.A. degree in chemistry from the University of Richmond in 1986 and his M.S. degree in materials science engineering from the University of Virginia in 1991. Melvin's NASA career began in 1989 in the Fiber Optic Sensors group at NASA Langley Research Center. In 2010, Melvin was appointed as the associate administrator of education for NASA. He served on the White House National Science and Technology Council's Committee on STEM Education, and was the U.S. representative on the International Space Education Board. A veteran of two space flights on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Melvin logged almost six hundred hours in space. He was a member of the American Chemical Society and the Society for Experimental Mechanics, and also held honorary doctorates from Centre College, St Paul's College and Campbellsville University.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Leland Melvin
• Leland Melvin

Subject

• Melvin, Leland, 1964- > Interviews
• Melvin, Leland, 1964-
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Astronaut

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

OCLC

1000519067

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Leland Melvin.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Playing Time

024737

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.

Event

Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2013 January 15.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Astronaut.

Added Author

Melvin, Leland, 1964- interviewee.

Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.

Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.