Jerry M. Linenger

Jerry Michael Linenger is an American physician, U.S. Navy captain in the Medical Corps and NASA astronaut. He was born on 16 January 1955 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. His degrees include a bioscience degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1977, a medical doctorate from Wayne State University in 1981, a master of science in systems management from the University of Southern California in 1988, and a master of public health and a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina in 1989. NASA selected him on 31 March 1992 in group NASA-14. He flew as a mission specialist on STS-64 aboard Discovery in September 1994, then as mission specialist and flight engineer on a long mission in 1997 that ran from 12 January to 24 May, listed as STS-81 Atlantis, Mir-22, Mir-23 and STS-84 Atlantis; his total time in space is 143 days. He retired from NASA on 23 February 1998.