Farooq Al-Baaz

Farooq Al-Baaz The most Famous & popular geologist in egypt & America he works at nasa
Born	(1938-01-02) January 2, 1938 (age 75) Mansoura
Citizenship	Egypt United States
Fields	Geology
Institutions	NASA Boston University
Alma mater	Missouri University of Science and Technology
Known for	Project Apollo
Notable awards	NASA's Apollo Achievement Award Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal Certificate of Merit of the World Aerospace Education Organization Republic of Egypt Order of Merit - First Class 1989 Outstanding Achievement Award of the Egyptian American Organization 1991 Golden Door Award of the International Institute of Boston

he works about 6 years in apollo program as asupervisor of lunar science planning

NASA

Al-Baaz (right) training Ronald Evans and Robert Overmyer

From 1967 to 1972, El-Baz participated in the Apollo Program as Supervisor of Lunar Science Planning at Bellcomm Inc., a division of AT&T that conducted systems analysis for NASA. During these six years, he was secretary of the Landing Site Selection Committee for the Apollo lunar landing missions, Principal Investigator of Visual Observations and Photography, and chairman of the Astronaut Training Group. His outstanding teaching abilities were confirmed by the Apollo astronauts. While orbiting the Moon for the first time during Apollo 15, Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden said, "After the King's [Farouk's nickname] training, I feel like I've been here before."^[4]

Also during the Apollo program, El-Baz joined NASA officials in briefing members of the press on the results of the lunar missions. His ability to simplify scientific jargon made his remarks on the program's scientific accomplishments often quoted by the media.

so we must to be proud that farouq elbaz belongs to the egypt ..