Bonnie J. Dunbar PhD

Born: March 3, 1949 Sunnyside, Washington

Education:

• B.S. of Ceramic Engineering, University of Washington 1971
• M.S. of Ceramic Engineering, University of Washington 1975
• Ph.D. Mechanical/Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston 1983
• Certified Professional Engineer, Texas

Professional Experience:

• Systems Analyst, Boeing Computer Services, 1973-1975
• Researcher, Harwell Laboratories, Oxford England, 1975
• Senior Research Engineer, Rockwell International Space Division, Downey, California 1975-1978
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
• Payload Officer/Flight Controller Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1978
• Astronaut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1981
• Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences, NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C., 1993
• Certified by Russian Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center for long visits to the Russian outpost Mir, 1995
• Assistant Director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1998 – 2003
• Deputy Associate Director for Biological Sciences and Applications, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2003 – 2005
• Associate Director, Technology, Integration, and Risk Management, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2005
• Retired from NASA, 2005
• President, CEO, Museum of Flight, Seattle, 2005 – Present

Space Flight Experience:
STS-61A, Challenger, Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 1985;
STS-32, Columbia, Jan. 9-20, 1990;
STS-50, Columbia, June 25-July 9, 1992;
STS-71, Atlantis, June 27-July7, 1995;
STS-89, Endeavour, Jan. 22-31, 1998

Awards:
Associate Fellow, AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
Elected to the National Academy of Engineers, 2002
American Ceramic Society James I. Mueller Award, Cocoa Beach, Florida 2000
Inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame, 2000
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, 1996
NASA Outstanding Leadership Award, 1993
Fellow of American Ceramic Society, 1993
Medal of Merit, State of Washington, 2007

Notably:
According to NASA, Dunbar is one of 43 American women who flew to space between 1983 and May, 2009.