medal in 1978). White, along with nine other Gemini astronauts, was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1982. He was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1993 and the National Aviation Hall of Fame on July 18, 2009. Memorials Schools Many schools have been named in honor of White: Edward White Elementary Career Academy in Chicago Edward H. White Middle School in White's hometown of San Antonio, Texas Edward H. White II Elementary School in El Lago, Texas Edward White Elementary School in Eldridge, Iowa Ed White Memorial High School in League City, Texas Edward H. White High School in Jacksonville, Florida Edward H. White Elementary School in Houston, Texas. Ed White Middle School in Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville is home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and has strong community ties to the space program. At the same time, the Huntsville City Schools named Roger B. Chaffee Elementary School and Virgil I. Grissom High School for White's fallen Apollo 1 crewmates. Edward H. White Memorial Youth Center, Seabrook, Texas Other sites Edward White Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida (closed in 2014). Edward H. White II Park in Fullerton, California. Fullerton has also named parks in honor of Chaffee and Grissom. Island White, an artificial island in Long Beach Harbor off Southern California. Edward H. White Hall was a dormitory at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas. McDivitt-White Plaza is located outside West Hall at the University of Michigan. West Hall formerly housed the College of Engineering and counts James McDivitt and Ed White among its alumni (McDivitt earned his B.S. and White earned his M.S. at the University of Michigan). The dismantled Launch Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral bears two memorial plaques. One reads, "They gave their lives in service to their country in the ongoing exploration of humankind's final frontier. Remember them not for how they died but for those ideals for which they lived." and the other "In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice so others could reach for the stars. Ad astra per aspera, (a rough road leads to the stars). God speed to the crew of Apollo 1." Edward H. White II American Legion Post 521; Pasadena, Texas. Edward White Park in Garland, Texas. Edward White Way in Oakland, California, a service road which runs along the Southern edge of Oakland International Airport. The airport has