James Philip Bagian (Armenian: Ջեյմս Ֆիլիպի Բաղյան), M.D., P.E. is an engineer and was a NASA scientific astronaut born February 22, 1952, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Married to the former Tandi M. Benson of Seattle, Washington, they have four children. He is an Armenian-American.
Graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1969; received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in ...
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James Philip Bagian (Armenian: Ջեյմս Ֆիլիպի Բաղյան), M.D., P.E. is an engineer and was a NASA scientific astronaut born February 22, 1952, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Married to the former Tandi M. Benson of Seattle, Washington, they have four children. He is an Armenian-American.
Graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1969; received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 1973, and a doctorate in medicine from Thomas Jefferson University in 1977.
Bagian is a member of multiple organizations:
Bagian worked as a process engineer for the 3M Company in Bristol, Pennsylvania, in 1973, and later as a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland, from 1976 to 1978, and at the same time, pursued studies for his medical degree. Upon graduating from Thomas Jefferson University in 1977, Bagian completed one year of general surgery residency with the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville...
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