John Glenn the oldest human to touch the stars." NASA administrator Charles Bolden said: "Senator Glenn's legacy is one of risk and accomplishment, of history created and duty to country carried out under great pressure with the whole world watching". John Glenn Colonel John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio. Before joining
Glenn Poshard "Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard announced July 25, 2013 that he will retire after the 2013-14 school year, according to the school’s board of trustees." The Morthland College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hire Poshard as the president of Morthand College effective Monday, February 13, 2017. Glenn Poshard Glendal William Poshard (born October 30, 1945 in Herald, Illinois) is a former Illinois State Senator, U.S. Congressman, gubernatorial candidate, and president of the Southern Illinois University system. Glenn Poshard is a three-degree graduate of Southern Illinois University. He received a bachelor's degree in secondary education in 1970, a master's