Old school: U-M in History

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In 1979 President Gerald R. Ford demonstrates his skill with a trowel during the dedication of the cornerstone of the new Gerald R. Ford Library on North Campus. Photo courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library.

This month in history (41 years ago)

When Apollo 15 launched on July 26, 1971, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, all three crew members were from U-M: David Scott, who attended in 1949-50, and Al Worden and James Irwin, who both earned materials science and engineering degrees in 1963 and 1957, respectively. It was the first expedition with a lunar rover vehicle and the fourth in which humans walked on the moon. The group left on the moon a charter of the U-M Alumni Club of the Moon. — Official website of Worden, Apollo 15 command module pilot

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