Lovelace, William Randolph, II (30 December 1907–12 December 1965), surgeon and scientist in aviation and space medicine, was born in Springfield, Missouri, the son of Edgar Blaine Lovelace, a rancher, and Jewell Costley. Randolph was raised north of Sunnyside, New Mexico, where his father homesteaded. In September 1925 Lovelace entered Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After a poor performance in his freshman year, his outlook improved the next year, and in 1930 he completed a B.A. with a premedicine major, allowing his entrance into Washington University Medical School....
