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Kenneth Ham
Kenneth Todd "Hock" Ham (born December 12, 1964) is a retired American astronaut and a Captain in the United States Navy. Ham was selected for NASA's astronaut program in August 1998, while serving as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet lead carrier suitability test pilot. Ham's aviator call sign is "Hock". As of July 2013, Captain Ham served as the Chair of the Aerospace Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland.〔http://www.usna.edu/Academics/Majors-and-Courses/Deans-Directors-Department-Chairs.php〕 Captain Ham has worked for Bigelow Aerospace in North Las Vegas as of August 2014.〔Ham, Kenneth. Valparaiso, IN. 2014. Keynote speech.〕 ==Early life and education== Ken Ham was born in Plainfield, New Jersey to parents Ed and Marion Ham. He graduated from Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark, New Jersey in 1983, where he had started taking flying lessons at the suggestion of a high school guidance counselor.〔Caroom, Eliot. ("Clark native set to lead one of last NASA shuttle missions" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', May 2, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2011. "A love of flight and a helpful guidance counselor led Kenneth Ham from his high school in Clark to a trip to the International Space Station next week. Ham is one of several Garden State natives who will be among the last astronauts on a space shuttle as NASA winds down the long-running program this year. For Ham, his path to the stars began in the early 1980s at Arthur L. Johnson High School."〕 He then went on to the United States Naval Academy from which he graduated in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering. In 1996, he earned a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. A Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, Ham is also a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association.
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