Maxime Allen "Max" Faget was a Belizean-born American mechanical engineer. Faget was the designer of the Mercury spacecraft, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spacecraft as well as the Space Shuttle. Wikipedia
Born: August 26, 1921, Dangriga, Belize
Died: October 9, 2004 (age 83 years), Houston, TX
Education: Louisiana State University and City College of San Francisco
Parents: Guy Henry Faget
Award: ASME Medal (1975)