Buzz Aldrin vs Yuan T. Lee
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Compare the life timelines of Buzz Aldrin (1930–present) and Yuan T. Lee (1936–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 90 years, from 1936 to 2026.
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Buzz Aldrin (1930–present)
- — Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey Verified
- — Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point Verified
- — Flew combat missions in the Korean War Verified
- — Earned a doctorate in astronautics from MIT Verified
- — Selected by NASA as an astronaut Verified
- — Flew on Gemini 12 Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Walked on the Moon during Apollo 11 Verified
- — Left NASA Verified
- — Published the memoir Return to Earth Verified
Yuan T. Lee (1936–present)
- — Born in Hsinchu, Taiwan Verified
- — Bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University Verified
- — Master's degree from National Tsing Hua University Verified
- — Doctorate in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley Verified
- — Joined the faculty of the University of Chicago Verified
- — Professor at Berkeley and investigator at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Verified
- — Shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Returned to Taiwan as president of Academia Sinica Verified
- — President of the International Council for Science Verified