William "Bill" Pogue, born January 23, 1930 in Okemah, Oklahoma, went into space as part of the Skylab 4 crew November 1973-February 1974. It was the third and final crew aboard the U.S.' first space station. He received his Master of Science degree in Math from Oklahoma State University in 1960.
Pogue was in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 until he was selected by NASA for the Apollo program. He was the pilot of Skylab 4 with fellow astronauts Gerald Carr and Edward Gibson.
Pogue retired from the Air Force and NASA in 1975.
He passed away in Cocoa Beach, Florida March 3, 2014 from natural causes.
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