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FIT Dedicates 'Grissom Hall' Astronaut Honored As 'Pioneer Spirit' MELBOURNE - A resi- to our destiny among the dence hall at Florida In- stars," Dr. Keuper said. stitute of Technology has "Florida Institute of been dedicated to the mem- Technology has been fortuory of Astronaut Virgil C. nate to be a part of the (Gus) Grissom. nation's space effort, by Grissom, who perished contributing to the educa5:09 with two other astronauts in ton of thousands of space the fire that destroyed their workers at Cape Kennedy, Apollo Spacecraft on the and fortunate to have been pad at Cape Kennedy Fri- associated with men like day, held an honorary doc- Gus Grissom. tor of space science degree "IT IS with a feeling of from FIT. deep personal loss that we He was awarded the de- mourn the death of these gree at the Melbourne institution on June 14, 1962, astronauts," Dr. Keuper added, "and with pride following his successful that we create this memo5:28 sub-orbital flight of a Mer- rial to a man who honored cury space capsule in 1962. us with his friendship and FIT (then Brevard En- inspired us by his dedicagineering College) was the tion to universe." more about first college in the United our States to confer an honorary The three-story building degree upon an astronaut. that now bears the name "It was our honor to be Grissom Hall is one of able to confer a degree three recently-completed upon a man who exem- dormitories at FIT. It plified the pioneering spirit houses 128 students from of our naton's space pro- all parts of the United gram," said Dr. Jerome Q. States who have come to Keuper. FIT's president, in the Cape Kennedy Area to announcing the memorial. study space technology and "Gus Grissom has been other subjects related to an inspiration to the stu- the exploration of space. dents and faculty for FIT. Grissom Hall stands beIt is men like him who have side Shaw Hall, just stimulated the quest for Country Club Road in Melknowledge that is leading us bourne. Warm Welcome Congressman Howard Pollock (R- Measurements Laboratory at Patrick. Alaska) receives "warm" welcome from his brother, Eugene (including attire proper for Florida) when he arrived at Patrick AFB. Congressman Pollock came to Florida for short visit with his brother who works as physicist with Air Force Eastern Test Range's Col. J. H. Boyle, executive officer, AFETR, was also on hand to provide official welcome. Congressman Pollock, serving his first term, is retired lieutenant commander and has been residing in Anchorage, Alaska, since 1947