In 1934 Heinlein was discharged from the Navy due to pulmonary tuberculosis. MacDonald was a political radical and it created a stormy atmosphere in their marriage. In 1932 his second marriage was to Leslyn MacDonald and this time it lasted for 15 years. During this time, Heinlein married his first wife, Elinor Curry, but their marriage was short lived. He was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Lexington in 1931 where he worked in radio communications. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in Maryland in 1929 with a BS in naval engineering. Heinlein’s first career was in the US Navy. He spent much of his childhood in Kansas City, Missouri and the values of the bible belt would play an influence on his science fiction, especially in his later works such as Time Enough For Love and To Sail Beyond The Sunset. Robert Anson Heinlein was born in 1907 to accountant Rex Ivar Heinlein and Bam Lyle Heinlein. Prometheus Hall of Fame Award recipient 1998
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