Jim Lovell

James A. Lovell, Jr., Captain, USN, Ret. (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut, most famous as the commander who brought the crippled Apollo 13 back safely.

After the Navy and NASA

He retired from the Navy and the space program in 1973 and went to work at the Bay-Houston Towing Company in Houston, Texas, becoming CEO in 1975. He became president of Fisk Telephone Systems in 1977, and later worked for Centel, retiring as an executive vice president on January 1, 1991. Lovell, a Distinguished Eagle Scout, later served as the President of the National Eagle Scout Association in the mid-1990's.

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1973 - Bay-Houston Towing Company - Houston, Texas - CEO - 1975 - Fisk Telephone Systems - 1977 - Centel - January 1 - 1991 - Eagle Scout - National Eagle Scout Association

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He married Marilyn Gerlach in 1952 and they have four children - Barbara (born in 1953), James (1955), Susan (1958) and Jeffrey (1966).

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1952 - 1953 - 1955 - 1958 - 1966

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Along with Jeffrey Kluger, Lovell wrote a book on the Apollo 13 mission, Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13. The book was used as a basis for the movie Apollo 13, in which Lovell was portrayed by Tom Hanks, although the physical resemblance is slight. (Lovell had personally wanted Kevin Costner, who resembled him more, to portray him.) Lovell had a cameo appearance at the end of the movie as the captain of the recovery ship USS Iwo Jima. In the HBO series From The Earth To The Moon, Lovell was portrayed by Tim Daly.

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Jeffrey Kluger - Apollo 13 - Tom Hanks - Kevin Costner - USS ''Iwo Jima'' - From The Earth To The Moon - Tim Daly

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In 1999, Lovell, along with his family, opened Lovell's of Lake Forest, a fine dining restaurant in Lake Forest, Illinois. The restaurant displays many artifacts from Lovell's time with NASA, as well as from the filming of Apollo 13. Lovell's son Jay is the executive chef.

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1999 - Lake Forest, Illinois

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