Explorers, Pioneers, Scientists and Military
| Name | Notability | Connection to Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Chester R. Bender (1914–1996) | First Florida resident to graduate from the United States Coast Guard Academy | Born in Plant City |
| Roy Geiger (1885–1947) | Marine Corps general during World War II | Born in Middleburg |
| Joseph Kittinger (1928–) | Aviation and space flight pioneer | Born in Tampa |
| John Young (1930–) | Navy fighter pilot and NASA Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle astronaut | Raised in Orlando |
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Famous quotes containing the words scientists and/or military:
“Suppose that humans happen to be so constructed that they desire the opportunity for freely undertaken productive work. Suppose that they want to be free from the meddling of technocrats and commissars, bankers and tycoons, mad bombers who engage in psychological tests of will with peasants defending their homes, behavioral scientists who can’t tell a pigeon from a poet, or anyone else who tries to wish freedom and dignity out of existence or beat them into oblivion.”
—Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)
“[I]t is a civil Cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a military Fear to be slow in attacking when it is your Duty.”
—Richard Steele (1672–1729)