Alan Bean Biography

Fast Facts

• He graduated from Fort Worth's R․L․ Paschal High School, the same alma matter as former Colorado governor Bill Owens and golfer Ben Hogan
• Received an honorary doctorate of science from Fort Worth's Texas Wesleyan College in 1972
• Most prominently known as one of the astronauts aboard Apollo 12, and was one of the first men to walk on the moon
• Pursuing an art career after retiring from space exploration by the early 1980s, he has been known to use real-life moon dust in his paintings
• For several years, his moon suit was displayed at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History