Buzz Aldrin Aldrin Middle School. The Aldrin crater on the Moon near the Apollo 11 landing site and Asteroid 6470 Aldrin are named in his honor. Aldrin has been married three times. His first marriage was in 1954 to Joan Archer, a Rutgers University and Columbia University alumna, and mother to his three children, James, Janice and Andrew. It ended in divorce in 1974. His second marriage was to Beverly Van Zile, whom he married in 1975 and divorced in 1978. His third to Lois Driggs Cannon, whom he married in 1988. Their divorce was finalized on December 28, 2012. The settlement
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr. a reservist until he retired from the Air Force Reserve with the rank of colonel on 1 May 1956. He later became a consultant to the manned space flight safety director of the NASA. Aldrin died in San Francisco, California, on 28 December 1974, while he was visiting his daughter there, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He was survived by his sister, two daughters, and son, Buzz Aldrin. His wife Marion suffered from depression and killed herself in 1968. He is commemorated by the Edwin E. Aldrin, Sr. Award, which is presented to an Air Force Institute of