Astronaut and NASA pilot who died during an F-104 training accident. He also had a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Ohio State University.
His biography is on the NASA web site at: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/robert-lawrence-first-african-american-astronaut and on Wikipedia.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was cremated at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago according to an article entitled "Chicago Shares Grief Of Black Astronaut's Kin" from the Chicago Daily Defender dated 13 Dec 1967. He had a large funeral in the Graceland chapel handled by the Griffin Funeral Home, but afterwards his ashes were sent to the Griffin Funeral Home, now closed. He was survived by his wife Barbara and eight-year-old son Tracey.
Robert Lawrence is not buried in Graceland Cemetery. His final resting place is unknown.
The first photo is his formal U.S. Air Force portrait.
The third photo shows Lawrence's name engraved in the Astronauts Memorial Foundation's Space Mirror at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, which honors astronauts who made the ultimate sacrifice for their space programs.
His biography is on the NASA web site at: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/robert-lawrence-first-african-american-astronaut and on Wikipedia.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was cremated at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago according to an article entitled "Chicago Shares Grief Of Black Astronaut's Kin" from the Chicago Daily Defender dated 13 Dec 1967. He had a large funeral in the Graceland chapel handled by the Griffin Funeral Home, but afterwards his ashes were sent to the Griffin Funeral Home, now closed. He was survived by his wife Barbara and eight-year-old son Tracey.
Robert Lawrence is not buried in Graceland Cemetery. His final resting place is unknown.
The first photo is his formal U.S. Air Force portrait.
The third photo shows Lawrence's name engraved in the Astronauts Memorial Foundation's Space Mirror at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, which honors astronauts who made the ultimate sacrifice for their space programs.
Astronaut and NASA pilot who died during an F-104 training accident. He also had a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Ohio State University.
His biography is on the NASA web site at: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/robert-lawrence-first-african-american-astronaut and on Wikipedia.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was cremated at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago according to an article entitled "Chicago Shares Grief Of Black Astronaut's Kin" from the Chicago Daily Defender dated 13 Dec 1967. He had a large funeral in the Graceland chapel handled by the Griffin Funeral Home, but afterwards his ashes were sent to the Griffin Funeral Home, now closed. He was survived by his wife Barbara and eight-year-old son Tracey.
Robert Lawrence is not buried in Graceland Cemetery. His final resting place is unknown.
The first photo is his formal U.S. Air Force portrait.
The third photo shows Lawrence's name engraved in the Astronauts Memorial Foundation's Space Mirror at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, which honors astronauts who made the ultimate sacrifice for their space programs.
His biography is on the NASA web site at: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/robert-lawrence-first-african-american-astronaut and on Wikipedia.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was cremated at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago according to an article entitled "Chicago Shares Grief Of Black Astronaut's Kin" from the Chicago Daily Defender dated 13 Dec 1967. He had a large funeral in the Graceland chapel handled by the Griffin Funeral Home, but afterwards his ashes were sent to the Griffin Funeral Home, now closed. He was survived by his wife Barbara and eight-year-old son Tracey.
Robert Lawrence is not buried in Graceland Cemetery. His final resting place is unknown.
The first photo is his formal U.S. Air Force portrait.
The third photo shows Lawrence's name engraved in the Astronauts Memorial Foundation's Space Mirror at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, which honors astronauts who made the ultimate sacrifice for their space programs.
