In the film, Lovell has a cameo as the captain of the USS Iwo Jima, the naval vessel that led the operation to recover the Apollo 13 astronauts after their successful splashdown.
He has served on the Board of Directors for several organizations, including Federal Signal Corporation in Chicago (1984-2003), Astronautics Corporation of America in his hometown of Milwaukee (1990-1999), and Centel Corporation in Chicago (1987-1991) [REF].