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Andy Thomas
Andrew "Andy" Sydney Withiel Thomas, AO (born 18 December 1951 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian-born American aerospace engineer and a NASA astronaut. He became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut program.〔(JPL NASA - Press release 1992 1430:(2 April 1992)Dr. Andrew S. W. Thomas has been selected as one of 19 new astronaut candidates for the Space Shuttle program )〕 He is married to fellow NASA astronaut Shannon Walker. ==Education== Educated at St Andrews Primary School at Walkerville in South Australia before attending St Peter's College, Adelaide before receiving a bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering (with First Class honors) from the University of Adelaide in 1973, he completed a doctorate (in mechanical engineering) at the University of Adelaide in 1978. He appears in the 1972 edition of the Adelaide University Engineering Society's (AUES) annual publication, ''Hysteresis''. The caption below a photograph of the 21-year-old Thomas reads: He is the great-great-grandson of Frederick George Waterhouse, first curator of the South Australian Institute Museum, and naturalist of the John McDouall Stuart Expedition 1861-1862.〔(About Frederick George Waterhouse ), www.thewaterhouse.com.au〕
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