The famed “Earthrise” photo taken by astronaut William Anders on Apollo 8 was projected on the screen during EAA’s Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet.
engineer was William Anders. The Command Module pilot and navigator, Michael Collins, needed to have back surgery and was replaced by his backup, James Lovell, reuniting Borman with his Gemini 7 crewmember. Apollo 8 went into lunar orbit on December 24, 1968 and made 10 orbits of the Moon in 20 hours before returning to Earth. In the years that followed, Borman served as a special presidential ambassador on trips throughout the Far East and Europe. In 1970, he undertook another special presidential mission, a worldwide tour to seek support for the release of American prisoners of war held by North Vietnam. He completed the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management program that same year, which laid the foundation for his future in business. Following his career with NASA, Borman became a special advisor to Eastern Air Lines in 1969, and after retiring as a colonel in the Air Force in 1970, he became senior vice president-operations group for the airline. He was promoted to the position of executive vice president-general operations manager, elected to the board of directors in 1974, and president and chief operating officer in 1975. He became chairman of the board in 1976 and retired from Eastern Air Lines in 1986, at which time he and his wife, Susan, moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Bormans have two sons, Frederick and Edwin, and four grandchildren. During the press conference immediately following the ribbon cutting ceremony to The Borman Collection, I asked
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