Editing Neil Armstrong (section)

== College years ==
After his service with the Navy, Armstrong returned to Purdue. His previously earned good but not outstanding [[Academic grading in the United States#Six-point system|grades]] now improved, lifting his final Grade Point Average (GPA) to a respectable but not outstanding 4.8 out of 6.0. He pledged the [[Phi Delta Theta]] [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternity]], and lived in its fraternity house. He wrote and co-directed two musicals as part of the all-student revue. The first was a version of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', co-directed with his girlfriend Joanne Alford from the [[Alpha Chi Omega]] sorority, with songs from the [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|1937 Walt Disney film]], including "[[Someday My Prince Will Come]]"; the second was titled ''The Land of Egelloc'' ("college" spelled backward), with music from [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] but new lyrics. 

Armstrong was chairman of the Purdue Aero Flying Club, and flew the club's aircraft, an [[Aeronca Aircraft|Aeronca]] and a couple of [[Piper Aircraft|Pipers]], which were kept at nearby Aretz Airport in [[Lafayette, Indiana]]. Flying the Aeronca to Wapakoneta in 1954, he damaged it in a rough landing in a farmer's field, and it had to be hauled back to Lafayette on a trailer.{{sfn|Hansen|2005|pp=61–62}} He was a [[baritone horn|baritone]] player in the [[Purdue All-American Marching Band]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Purdue mourns alumnus Neil Armstrong |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/purdue-mourns-alumnus-neil-armstrong.html|access-date=April 2, 2018 |date=August 25, 2012 |publisher=Purdue University |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216125803/http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/purdue-mourns-alumnus-neil-armstrong.html |archive-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref> Ten years later he was made an honorary member of [[Kappa Kappa Psi]] national band honorary fraternity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/uns/html3month/1997/970425.Bands.campaign.html |access-date=July 10, 2018 |date=April 25, 1997 |title=Purdue Bands launch $2 million fund-raising campaign |publisher=Purdue University}}</ref> Armstrong graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in [[Aeronautical Engineering]] in January 1955.{{sfn|Hansen|2005|p=118}} In 1970, he completed his Master of Science degree in [[Aerospace Engineering]] at the [[University of Southern California]] (USC).<ref name="NASA-bio">{{cite web |title=Biographical Data: Neil A. Armstrong |date=August 2012 |publisher=NASA |url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html |access-date=April 7, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204041951/https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html |archive-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref> He would eventually be awarded honorary doctorates by several universities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography: Neil A. Armstrong |publisher=NASA ([[Glenn Research Center]]) |date=March 2008 |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html |access-date=May 16, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526004733/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html |archive-date=May 26, 2011}}</ref>

Armstrong met Janet Elizabeth Shearon, who was majoring in [[family and consumer science|home economics]], at a party hosted by Alpha Chi Omega.{{sfn|Hansen|2005|p=62}} According to the couple, there was no real courtship, and neither could remember the exact circumstances of their engagement. They were married on January 28, 1956, at the Congregational Church in [[Wilmette, Illinois]]. When he moved to [[Edwards Air Force Base]], he lived in the bachelor quarters of the base, while Janet lived in the [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]] district of Los Angeles. After one semester, they moved into a house in [[Antelope Valley]], near Edwards AFB. Janet did not finish her degree, a fact she regretted later in life. The couple had three children.{{sfn|Hansen|2005|pp=124–128}} In June 1961, their daughter Karen was diagnosed with [[diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma]], a [[malignant]] [[tumor]] of the middle part of her [[Brainstem|brain stem]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/01/health/iyw-girl-cancer-dog-photos-trnd/index.html|title=Girl, 7, Fighting Rare Cancer Gets Pics of Dogs from Well-Wishers|last1=Chillag|first1=Amy|last2=Higgins|first2=Cole|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=March 1, 2019|access-date=November 24, 2019}}</ref> X-ray treatment slowed its growth, but her health deteriorated to the point where she could no longer walk or talk. She died of [[pneumonia]], related to her weakened health, on January 28, 1962, aged two.{{sfn|Hansen|2005|pp=161–164}}