Randolph Bresnik
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Randolph James "Randy" Bresnik (born September 11, 1967), LtCol USMC, is a NASA astronaut. He was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky but considers Santa Monica, California to be his hometown. He is married to Rebecca Burgin of Pompton Plains, New Jersey.
Bresnik graduated from Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California, in 1985. He then obtained a B.A. in Mathematics from The Citadel in 1989, and later a M.S. in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 2002.
He was selected by NASA in May 2004 and in February, 2006, he completed Astronaut Candidate Training.