1930-1967 American engineer and astronaut who was the first U.S. astronaut to walk in space—during the Gemini 4 mission (1965). Following graduation from West Point (1952), White flew in the U.S. Air Force, service that included time as an...

Edward Higgins White, II (Lt.Col , USAF) (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. On June 3 1965, he became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. White was killed during the...

Lee Bontecou, Edward Higgins and Robert Moskowitz each exhibited with Castelli in the early '60s though, for various reasons, none of them stuck around very long. The works in this show, most of which dated from 1959 to 1962, returned to that moment...

By J. Max Robins When I took the reins at Broadcasting & Cable nearly three years ago, I hadn't been on the job four days when John Higgins saved my newbie-editor-in-chief ass. I recall that now as we mourn the loss of...