These photographs show Governor John William Carlin with NASA astronauts at the Kansas State Capitol and Governor's office. Other notable individuals in the photographs are: Secretary of State Jack Brier, State Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell, and Colonel Joe Engle. Colonel Joe Engle was born in Chapman Kansas, he went on to be a pilot who served in the United States Air Force as a test pilot for the North American X-15 program as well as an aeronautical engineer and NASA astronaut.
Kansas Memory
Kansas Historical Society
Governor John William Carlin with Colonel Joe Engle