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Attended Auburn University in Auburn, AL for 1 quarter in Mechanical
Engineering. Then received an appointment for Kingspoint U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy, Kingspoint L. I., NY, as well as one from
Anapolis, the U.S. Naval Academy. He accepted the appointment at
Kingspoint , entered as a cadet and he graduated from there in 1957.
He entered the Navy as Lt. (jg) Operations Officer on a Mine Sweeper,
the USS Exploit, MSO 440.
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer and Inventor for Marshall Space
Flight Agency, Huntsville, AL
From 1959 to 1969. Federal Electric as Systems Safety Analysis
Manager for the Pentagon.
" I went to Auburn for a quarter, in the NROTC. Meanwhile, I was
waiting for appointments to either Annapolis Naval Academy, or to
Kings Point, Merchant Marine Academy. I received appointments to both,
and chose Kings Point.
Kings Point had a program where the entire sophomore year was spent in
training on many different ships, whereas Annapolis only spent a
quarter/year on one ship. This way, I traveled around the world on
many different ships. Naturally, we did not have summer breaks the
other three
years to get the heavy curriculum completed.I was graduated in 1957
from Kings Point with a Mechanical Engineering degree, a commission of
Ensign in the Navy, and an Engineers license for the Merchant Marine.
This was in Long Island, NY.
I sailed on my license as an engineer on a passenger-cargo ship from
New Orleans, LA to Europe. After one year, I was called into active
duty in the Navy, stationed in Charleston, SC and Panama City, FL. I
was assigned as the Operations Officer on an Ocean going MINE SWEEPER.
That was a wonderful time for me also (1957-1959). We went on
maneuvers off the coast of Florida until we were called to duty in the
Mediterranean Sea, with the home port of Athens, Greece. Loved it.
Never saw any action, since only the Lebanon crises was happening. I
missed the Korean war (thankfully) with exemptions of being at the
Academy; and, Viet Nam with exemptions for the moon landing program.
When I returned home after my tour of duty in the Navy in 1959, my Dad
had a job possibility for me at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. I
checked it out and was hired as an engineer assigned to the Arsenal.
The Army was developing the Redstone Rocket that was used for the
early low altitude space flights with the monkeys, and later the Mercury Redstone program for the Astronauts. Then, NASA took over the Arsenal and it became
Marshall Space Flight Center, as you know. I loved this period of
time, too. President Kennedy made his famous announcement of a man on
the moon, AND BACK SAFELY, this decade. I worked in the Quality &
Reliability Engineering Program, with many of the German scientists,
testing the systems of the emerging Saturn Flight Vehicle that
eventually sent the men to the moon, and back, SAFELY, in the Apollo
program.
In the latter part of 1968, I started to venture into inner space, as
did so many of us after the successful moon landing. This is where I
met my teacher, a magnificent woman teaching the Path of the Masters.
She had been working for NASA as Administrative Assistant to Werner
Von Braun, and left that life to concentrate on the inner (self) work.
We developed a group of people who had the same drive in those days."
(Source: Trevor Teague Mordecai, 2001)
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Trevor T Mordecai
Arrival Date: 23 Mar 1954
Ethnicity/ Nationality: American
Port of Departure: Cumana, Venezuela
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Santa Clara
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New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Trevor T Mordecai
Arrival Date: 8 May 1954
Ethnicity/ Nationality: American
Port of Departure: Cartagena, Colombia
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Santa Clara
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New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Trevor T Mordecai
Arrival Date: 24 May 1954
Ethnicity/ Nationality: American
Port of Departure: Guanta,ven
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Santa Clara
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New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Trevor T Mordecai
Arrival Date: 15 Jun 1954
Ethnicity/ Nationality: American
Port of Departure: Aruba
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Santa Clara
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New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Trevor T Mordecai
Arrival Date: 7 Feb 1955
Ethnicity/ Nationality: American
Port of Departure: Cobh, Ireland
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: America
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Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969
Name: Trevor T Mordecai
Marriage Date: Dec 1960
County: Jefferson
State: Alabama
Source information: Alabama Center for Health Statistics
California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
Name: Martha J Herron
Age: 35
Est. Birth: abt 1937
Spouse Name: Trevor T Mordecai
Spouse Age: 38
Est. Spouse Birth: abt 1934
Date: 11 Nov 1972
Location: Los Angeles City
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: Trevor T. Mordecai
Last Residence: 44026 Chesterland, Geauga, Ohio
Born: 23 Feb 1934
Died: 19 Dec 2005
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (1951)
Web: Alabama, Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Obituary Index, 1819-2006 about Trevor Teague Mordecai
Name: Trevor Teague Mordecai
Death Date: Abt 2005
Publication Title: The Huntsville Times
Publication or Record Date: 25 Dec 2005
Publication or Record Place: Alabama, United States
URL: http://obits.hmcpl.org/index/t...
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: Trevor Teague Mordecai
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1934
Gender: Male
Race: White
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic (Latino)
Residence City: Geauga
Residence County: Geauga
Residence State: Ohio
Residence Zip Code: 44026
Residence Country: United States
Death Date: 19 Dec 2005
Death Time: Unclassifiable
Hospital of Death: Private Residence
Certificate: 104089
Age at Death: 71
Registrar's Certificate Number: 000643
Certifier: Coroner
Referred to Coroner: Referred to Coroner
Autopsy: No Autopsy performed
Method of Disposition: Cremation
Filing Date: 22 Dec 2005
Hospital Status: Other/residence
Injury at Work: Unclassifiable
Father's Surname: Mordecai
Mother's Maiden Name: Walker
Marital Status: Married
Education: 5+ years college
Armed Forces Indicator: Yes
Branch of Service: Navy
Industry of Decedent: Occupation Not Classifiable
Occupation of Decedent: Occupation Not Classifiable
Census Tract: 9999
Primary Registration District: 2800
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1934 - 2005 (71 years)