Editing Alan Bean (section)

===Early life and education===
Bean was born March 15, 1932,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28978471/abilene_reporternews/|title=Ex-Coleman Resident Bean to be 4th on Moon|newspaper=Abilene Reporter-News|location=Abilene, Texas|date=November 14, 1969|page=2|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Jacobs|first1=Nancy}}</ref> in [[Wheeler, Texas|Wheeler]], the seat of [[Wheeler County, Texas|Wheeler County]] in the northeastern [[Texas Panhandle]], to parents Arnold Horace Bean and Frances Caroline Bean ({{nee}} Murphy), who lived from 1908 to 1983, and 1906 to 1981, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last=Slaughter |first=George and Kathy M. |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Bean, Alan LaVern (1932–2018) |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bean-alan-lavern |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gragg |first=Jeff |date=May 11, 2013 |title=Arnold H. Bean (Bean's father) |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Arnold-Bean/6000000078777747186 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gragg |first=Jeff |date=May 11, 2013 |title=Francis Caroline Bean (Bean's mother) |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Francis-Bean/6000000078777711176 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref> He considered [[Fort Worth]] his hometown.<ref name=komo /> He was of [[Scottish people|Scottish]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Kenny |date=November 23, 2018 |title=The late Alan Bean was the Scotsman on the moon |url=https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/homes-gardens/arts-antiques/the-late-alan-bean-was-the-scotsman-on-the-moon/ |access-date=December 10, 2022 |website=Scottish Field |language=en-GB}}</ref> As a boy, he lived in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], the seat of [[Webster Parish]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]], where his father worked for the [[U.S. Soil Conservation Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Ben |date=May 26, 2018 |title=Moonwalker, Skylab Commander and Lunar Artist Alan Bean Dies, Aged 86 - AmericaSpace |url=https://www.americaspace.com/2018/05/26/moonwalker-skylab-commander-and-lunar-artist-alan-bean-dies-aged-86/ |access-date=December 25, 2022 |website=www.americaspace.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Michael |date=May 30, 2018 |title=Alan Bean obituary |url=http://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/30/alan-bean-obituary |access-date=December 25, 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Bean was a [[Scouts BSA (Boy Scouts of America)|Boy Scout]] and he earned the rank of [[First Class Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|First Class]].<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Scouting and Space Exploration |url=http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/scouting_space.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032406/http://www.scouting.org/about/factsheets/scouting_space.aspx |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> He graduated from [[R. L. Paschal High School]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], in 1949.<ref name="nmmuseum" /><ref name="nhhc">(November 16, 2016). [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/biographies-list/bios-b/Bean-Alan/Bean-Alan-Text.html Alan Lavern Bean]. ''Naval History and Heritage Command''</ref> Following his high school graduation in 1949, Bean enlisted in the [[United States Navy Reserve|U.S. Naval Reserve]].<ref name=":0" />

Bean received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[aeronautical engineering]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1955, where he attended on a [[Navy ROTC|Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps]] (NROTC) scholarship.<ref name=":0" /> While at the university, he also joined the [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox7austin.com/home/apollo-moonwalker-artist-alan-bean-dies-at-age-86in-houston|title=Apollo moonwalker, artist Alan Bean dies at age 86 in Houston|publisher=FOX 7|date=May 26, 2018|last1=Gecker|first1=Jocelyn|access-date=May 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627173226/http://www.fox7austin.com/home/apollo-moonwalker-artist-alan-bean-dies-at-age-86in-houston|archive-date=June 27, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>