Book Signing With Captain James Lovell September 23, 2010

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation honored Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., in February 2010 as the third Lincoln Leadership Prize recipients. Other recipients include Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Arch Bishop Desmond TuTu. Captain Lovell will be attending a private reception at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum on the evening of September 23, 2010 to unveil his portrait painted by renowned artist Marla Friedman. The portrait will then be displayed alongside portraits of previous Lincoln Leadership Prize recipients. Among America's heroic astronauts, Lovell is regarded as a leader of near mythic proportion, maintaining calm and discipline aboard Apollo 13 while the mission experienced monumental equipment failures that threatened to leave the crew stranded in outer space. Commander Lovell and his crew successfully modified their lunar module into an effective lifeboat, assuring their survival in space and their safe return to Earth.