Early Life
John Aaron was born in Wellington, Texas and grew up in rural Western Oklahoma near Vinson in Booger Hollow, one of the youngest in a family of eight children. His mother was a minister, and his father was a cattle rancher. After spending a year attending Bethany Nazarene College, he transferred to Southwestern Oklahoma State University, from which he graduated in 1964 with a BS degree in physics. Although he had intended to teach math and science after graduating from college, he applied for a job at NASA on the recommendation of a friend.
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