Former NASA administrator, astronaut and U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (ret.) will deliver Ohio State’s spring commencement address on Sunday, May 4. Bolden oversaw the safe transition from 30 years of space shuttle missions to an era of exploration using the International Space Station and innovative space and aeronautics technology development. He led the agency in the transition to the use of commercial vehicles for the transport of U.S. cargo and crews to low Earth orbit and boosted NASA’s leadership in aeronautics with a new strategic plan leading to the design and development of new experimental airplanes that will make flight faster, quieter, cleaner and safer.