Joseph Kerwin, born February 19, 1932 in Oak Park, Illinois, went into space aboard Skylab 2. He received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University Medical School in 1957 and became a naval flight surgeon in 1958.
NASA selected him as an astronaut in 1965, the first physician to selected for astronaut training. He launched aboard Skylab 2 as science pilot May 25, 1973 and returned to Earth June 22. He performed one EVA during the mission with fellow astronaut Pete Conrad lasting 3 hours, 25 minutes.
