Bio: Boylan, James (Navy Flight - 1966)

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Surnames: Boylan

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 28 Jul 1966

Boylan, James (Navy Flight - 5 JUL 1966)

James Boylan, Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), participated in a gwo day field trip to the U.S. Naval Aviation Technical Training Center at Memphis, Tenn., as part of a summer workshop in aerospace at WSU - Stevens Point on Tuesday afternoon, July 5, 1966, in a U.S. Navy C-54. While in Memphis they visited the Naval Aviation Technical Training School, the Navy weather office, and the aviation control tower.

Another of the highlights of the trip was an evening cruise up the Mississippi river on the "Memphis Queen" excursion stern wheeler. The group returned to Stevens Point Thursday afternoon, July 7.

The eight week aerospace workshop is conducted by WSU to provide teachers at various grade levels with aerospace information and application of science fundamentals for teaching aerospace experience are included, and materials are tested with children working at several levels in the WSU Campus laboratory school.