Alan Bean : nationality : United States | Alan Bean : occupation : Test pilot | Alan Bean : alma_mater : "UT Austin, B.S. 1955" | Alan Bean : was_a_crew_member_of : Apollo 12 | Alan Bean : birth_place : Wheeler, Texas | Alan Bean : was_selected_by_nasa : 1963
Alan Bean was an American test pilot who was born in Wheeler, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1955. In 1963, he was hired by NASA to be part of their Apollo 12 crew.