吉姆·洛威爾出生於俄亥俄州的克里夫蘭，洛威爾全家都搬到了威斯康辛州的密爾沃基，where he graduated from Juneau High School and became an Eagle Scout. Later he attended the University of Wisconsin for two years, joining the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity. He continued on to the United States Naval Academy and, after graduating in 1952, entered the United States Navy where he served in the Korean War. After spending four years as a 試飛員 at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent River, Maryland, 洛威爾曾是水星計畫7人的候選成員，但由於醫療檢查中的一個後來變得不重要的細節未被選擇。1962年，洛威爾被選入第二組太空人。
He retired from the Navy and the space program in 1973 and went to work at the Bay-Houston Towing Company in Houston, Texas, becoming CEO in 1975. He became president of Fisk Telephone Systems in 1977, and later worked for Centel, retiring as an executive vice president on January 1, 1991. Lovell, a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, later served as the President of the National Eagle Scout Association in the mid-1990's. He was also recognized by the Boy Scouts of America with their prestigious Silver Buffalo Award.
He married Marilyn Gerlach in 1952 and they have four children - Barbara (born in 1953), James (1955), Susan (1958) and Jeffrey (1966).
Along with Jeffrey Kluger, Lovell wrote a book on the Apollo 13 mission, Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13. This book was the basis for the later Ron Howard movie Apollo 13 (film) starring Tom Hanks as Lovell. In order to prepare for the role, Hanks visited Lovell and his wife at their house in Texas and even went for a ride with Lovell in his private airplane. In the movie Apollo 13, Lovell has a cameo as the ship's captain on the recovery ship. He was initially offered to be the admiral of the ship, but Lovell stated "I retired as a captain and a captain I will be" and he was cast. He can be seen as the older gentleman shaking Tom Hanks' hand on the recovery ship USS Iwo Jima during the voice over by Tom Hanks.
1999年, Lovell, along with his family, opened Lovell's of Lake Forest, a fine dining restaurant in Lake Forest, Illinois. The restaurant displays many artifacts from Lovell's time with NASA, as well as from the filming of Apollo 13. Lovell's son Jay is the executive chef.
Lovell also visits colleges and universities where he gives speeches on his experiences as an astronaut and businessman. He strongly urges students to get involved in science and the space program and he credits NASA in the 1960s with bringing much of the country together for a common goal.
Formal education
University of Wisconsin
United States Naval Academy (BS, 1952)
Test Pilot School, Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland (1958)
Aviation Safety School, University of Southern California (1961)
Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School (1971)
詹姆斯·阿瑟·洛威爾(James Arthur Lovell, Jr.)(美國海軍退役上尉，出生於1928年3月25日)曾是一位美國國家航空航天局的太空人，以作為指令長將嚴重受損無法登月的阿波羅13號成功帶回地球而聞名。2017年照片
獲得榮譽
Captain Lovell's awards & decorations include:
Military Awards
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross with gold Service star
Air Medal
Navy Commendation Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Navy Expeditionary Medal
Naval Astronaut Wings
Naval Aviator Wings
United States Medal of Freedom
Other Awards
Harmon International Trophy (1966, 1967 and 1969)
Robert J. Collier Trophy (1968)
Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy (1969)
H. H. Arnold Trophy (1969)
General Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy (1969)
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Légion d'honneur
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
FAI De Laval Medal & Gold Space Medals
National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal
Congressional Space Medal of Honor
7th Street in Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin is now called "North James Lovell Street".
Capt. Lovell is a Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and a member of the prestigious Golden Eagles.
吉姆·洛威爾 in Fiction
洛威爾的 book was used as a basis for the 電影阿波羅13號, in which Lovell was portrayed by Tom Hanks, although the physical resemblance is slight. (Lovell had personally wanted Kevin Costner, who resembled him more, to portray him.) Lovell had a cameo appearance at the end of the movie as the captain of the recovery ship USS Iwo Jima. In the HBO series 從地球到月球, 洛威爾 was portrayed by Tim Daly.
In the 2002 novel Ice，吉姆·洛威爾 and his wife both appear in a fictional memorial scene commemorating what everyone assumes is the deaths of two Apollo astronauts on the Moon after their LM ascent engine fails to fire. Captain and Mrs. Lovell are described as providing comfort to the bereaved wives and children of the two missing-and-presumed-dead astronauts--something they hadn't had to do since the Apollo 1 fire.
Legal dispute
In the July 21, 1996 issue of San José Metro News, Lovell was quoted as saying the following of Moon landing hoax believer Bill Kaysing:
"The guy is wacky. His position makes me feel angry. We spent a lot of time getting ready to go to the moon. We spent a lot of money, we took great risks, and it's something everybody in the country ought to be proud of."
Kaysing sued Lovell for libel. In 1997 a judge threw the case out of court (Plait 2002:173).
References
Philip Plait (2002). Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax". John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-40976-6.
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