Dr. George P Fatolitis, Ed.D.

Palm Harbor, Florida

fatolitis@aol.com

My bio starts as a young boy in the steel mill town of Campbell Ohio in the early 1960's.  Everyone at that time was infected by the space bug, watching the Mercury astronauts lift off then onto the Gemini missions.  When the Apollo program of the late 60's came around the enthusiasm for human space flight died down until the moon landing.  After the Apollo 11 mission interest in moon missions by the general public and NASA decreased to the point where Apollo 18, 19, and 20 missions were canceled, but not for this young boy.

Forty years later and the interest in the space program has bloomed to an obsession.  I've been to every NASA facility in the country, met many of the early astronauts and consider myself a space historian. My home has been transformed into a mini space museum.  

Currently I am a twenty year middle science teacher in Clearwater Florida who uses NASA education materials and curriculum in many of my lessons.  I have an engineering degree in fire and safety technology and a masters degree in education.  My doctoral degree dissertation was based on my research proving that the use of NASA education materials can improve the attitudes of students learning secondary science.   I am continuing my education at St. Petersburg College on the path to an astrophysics degree.