NAME:  Carl E. Walz (Major, USAF)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born September 6, 1955, in Cleveland, Ohio.  His
parents, Carl and Bernadine Walz, reside in South Euclid, Ohio.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Brown hair; green eyes; 5 feet 8 inches; 165
pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Graduated from Charles F. Brush High School, Lyndhurst,
Ohio, in 1973; received a bachelor of science degree in physics from
Kent State University, Ohio, in 1977, and a master of science in solid
state physics from John Carroll University, Ohio, in 1979.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Married to the former Pamela J. Glady of Lyndhurst,
Ohio.  Her parents, Fred and Alice Glady, are long time residents of
Lyndhurst, Ohio.
 
CHILDREN:  Alison, born October 25, 1981; Aaron, born May 29, 1985.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  Music and sports.
 
SPECIAL HONORS:  Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kent State
University.  Awarded the USAF Meritorious Service Medal with One Oak
Leaf Cluster, the USAF Commendation Medal, and the USAF Achievement
Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster.  Distinguished Graduate from the USAF
Test Pilot School, Class 83A.
 
EXPERIENCE:  Walz graduated from Kent State University in June 1977,
and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant.  He completed graduate
studies at John Carroll University in 1979 and was assigned to the
1155th Technical Operations Squadron at McClellan Air Force Base,
California.  From 1979-1982 he held the position of Radiochemical
Project Officer, responsible for analysis of radioactive samples from
the Atomic Energy Detection System.  The subsequent year was spent in
study as a Flight Test Engineer at the USAF  Test Pilot School at
Edwards Air Force Base, California, where he participated in the
performance, flying qualities and systems testing on numerous aircraft
types.  From January 1983 until June 1987, he was assigned to the F-16
Combined Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base, where he worked on a
variety of aircraft and armament development programs, flying F-4 and
F-16 aircraft.  He logged over 250 flight test hours in the F-16.  In
July 1987 he was transferred to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he served as
a Flight Test Program Manager at Detachment 3, Air Force Flight Test
Center.
 
Selected by NASA in January 1990, Walz became an astronaut in July
1991.  He is qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on
future Space Shuttle flight crews.  His technical assignments to date
include work on Flight Data File issues for the Mission Support Branch
of the Astronaut Office.
 
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:  Carl Walz has recently been selected as a mission
specialist on STS-51, scheduled to launch in February 1993.  The crew
of five aboard the Shuttle Discovery will deploy the U.S. Advanced
Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) and will also deploy the
Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) with NASA and German scientific
experiments aboard.  The SPAS will be retrieved prior to the end of
the nine-day mission.
 
APRIL 1992