Gus Grissom
Born April 3, 1926, Mitchell, Indiana · Died January 27, 1967, Cape Kennedy (Launch Complex 34), Florida · Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Mitchell, IN
Mercury Seven astronaut and the second American in space, Gus Grissom was raised a Master Mason in Mitchell Lodge No. 228 in his Indiana hometown in 1949.
Mercury Seven astronaut and the second American in space, Gus Grissom was raised a Master Mason in Mitchell Lodge No. 228 in his Indiana hometown in 1949.
Sources
- https://www.gray329.org/grissom/
- https://www.tmnews.com/story/news/2008/06/24/history-corner-masonic-lodge-chartered-with-15-members/48248551/
- https://www.indianafreemasons.com/lodge/mitchell-lodge-no.-228
- https://freemasoninformation.com/masonic-education/famous/masonic-astronauts/
- https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/grissom_virgil.pdf
- https://www.nasa.gov/history/Apollo204/
- Portrait image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virgil_I._(Gus)_Grissom_portrait.jpg (Public domain)
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Life & Masonic Timeline
April 3, 1926
Born — Mitchell, Indiana
February 10, 1949
Age 22
Initiated an Entered Apprentice in Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Mitchell, IN
April 14, 1949
Age 23
Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft — Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Mitchell, IN
May 19, 1949
Age 23
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason — Mitchell Lodge No. 228, Mitchell, IN
February 1950
Age 23
Earned a mechanical engineering degree at Purdue
1952
Age 26
Flew 100 combat missions in Korea
April 13, 1959
Age 33
Selected as one of the Mercury Seven
July 21, 1961
Age 35
Flew Liberty Bell 7, the second U.S. spaceflight
September 14, 1963
Age 37
Received the York Rite degrees in Orlando
September 25, 1963
Age 37
Joined the Scottish Rite, Valley of Orlando
March 23, 1965
Age 38
Commanded Gemini 3, the first crewed Gemini flight
January 27, 1967
Age 40
Died — Cape Kennedy (Launch Complex 34), Florida
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