Conner Frederick Whitlock, U.S. Navy commission

Conner Frederick Whitlock graduated magna cum laude from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York with a Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering in May. He earned a U.S. Navy commission as a student naval aviator. He has been awarded a Shoemaker Scholarship and will enroll for a master’s degree in space systems engineering at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

His parents are Daniel (a colonel in Army Reserve) and Laura Whitlock of Auburn, Washington. His grandparents are Mary Lou Cruger and Al Williams of La Conner.