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The 12th man to walk on the moon, Schmitt (and crewmate <a href="/people/792/000023723/">Gene Cernan</a>) collected a record 110 kilograms (225 pounds) of rock and soil samples for analysis upon return to Earth. Schmitt also surprised the world by discovering an area of orange soil on the lunar surface. During his single flight into space Dr. Schmitt logged 301 hours and 51 minutes of space flight time, 22 hours and 4 minutes of which free EVAs on the lunar surface.<P> In August of 1975, Dr. Schmitt resigned his post with NASA to run as the Republican candidate for Senator in his home state of New Mexico. He served one six-year term and did not win re-election. Schmitt went on to work as a corporate director and as a consultant, writer, and speaker on matters related to space, science, technology, and public policy. In 1994, he was appointed Adjunct Professor of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin as well as the Chairman and President of the Annapolis Center for Environmental Quality.<p><b>Father:</b> Harrison A. Schmitt<br><b>Wife:</b> Teresa Fitzgibbon<br><p> High School: Western High School, Silver City, NM<br> University: <a href="/edu/584/000082338/">BS Science, California Institute of Technology (1957)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/640/000079403/">University of Oslo (1957-58, on a Fulbright)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/473/000068269/">PhD Geology, Harvard University (1964)</a><br> Scholar: <a href="/edu/584/000082338/">California Institute of Technology (1973-75)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/477/000082231/">University of Wisconsin at Madison</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/404/000052248/">Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board</a> (1983-85)<br> <a href="/gov/260/000052104/">US Senator, New Mexico</a> (3-Jan-1977 to 3-Jan-1983)<br> <a href="/gov/255/000127871/">US Interior Department</a> Geologist, USGS (1964-65)<br> <a href="/org/766/000051613/">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a> <br> <a href="/org/313/000124938/">American Astronautical Society</a> Fellow<br> <a href="/org/261/000134856/">National Space Society</a> Board of Governors<br> <a href="/org/457/000041334/">Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society</a> <br> <a href="/lists/430/000105115/">Walked on the Moon</a> 11-Dec-1972<br> <a href="/honors/188/000045053/">Fulbright</a> 1957<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/152/000161666/">In the Shadow of the Moon (19-Jan-2007)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/436/000084184/">For All Mankind (Jan-1989)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23784"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23784">Jack Schmitt</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=23784" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>