Box 56
Contains 6 Results:
Presented to Ross and engraved on front, “An Astronaut's Amarillo Odyssey, Major Jerry L. Ross, USAF" , 1985 - 1987
Includes, photographs, memorabilia, clippings, thank-you notes from students, correspondence, and STS 61-B related clippings and memorabilia. Noted on the first page, "A celebration of astronaut Jerry L. Ross' partnership with the Amarillo Independent School District, the High Plains Aviation Association, and the City of Amarillo, Texas."
Per Ross, "from hometown visit to Crown Point, IN and its schools after my first flight", circa 1985
Contains black and white photographs.
STS-27, 1988 - 1989
Includes information kit, Indiana House Resolution to rename section of I-65 between Lafayette, IN and IL, "The Jerry Ross Memorial Highway," clippings, tickets, program and photographs from Purdue University Engineering Astronaut Alumni Convocation, September 29, 1989, and last item in the scrapbook is an invitation to the STS-37 launch and landing.
Engraved on the front, "Presented to Lt. Colonel Jerry L. Ross, USAF by the Purdue 4-H Department, 1990," and is entitled, "4-H Roots in Space." , 1990
This scrapbook contains the signed document, "Purdue Cooperative Extension diamond anniversary tree, commemorating 75 years of educational service to the people of Indiana," clippings, correspondence, and color photographs related to Ross' involvement in this event and the planting of the trees from the seeds the flew on STS-27. in 1990.