Anthony Llewellyn

John Anthony Llewellyn (22 April 1933 – 2 July 2013) was a Welsh chemist and a NOAA aquanaut. In August 1967, Llewellyn was one of only two non-American astronaut candidates selected by NASA as part of NASA Astronaut Group 6.

Biography Llewellyn was born in Cardiff, Wales, and graduated from Cardiff High School in 1949. He received his BSc degree from University College, Cardiff in 1955 and went on to achieve his PhD in chemistry in 1958. He married Valerie Mya Davies-Jones; they had three children.

Early career After the award of his doctorate, Llewellyn moved to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Research Council. In 1960, he went to Florida State University as a research associate in the Chemistry Department and was subsequently appointed assistant professor. In 1964, he was jointly appointed associate professor in the School of Engineering Science and the Department of Chemistry. one of two non-US citizens selected. He participated in flight training as part of NASA Astronaut Group 6; however, he dropped out of flight school and resigned from NASA in September 1968. Llewellyn needed to learn to fly jets, and was not able to fly the jet with the cockpit blacked out.