Biographical Timeline

1964

Born 11 January 1964 in Norman, Oklahoma, USA

1965

1965-1968 "green house" outside Decatur, Illinois

1968

1968-1970 "white house" in Decatur, Illinois

1970

1970-1972 Sullivan, Illinois

1972

1972-1974 Escondido, California

1974

1974-1976 Shelbyville, Illinois

1976

1976-1981 Flint, Michigan

Valedictorian, Flint Northern High School

1981

1981-1985 Brookline, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B. Physics 1985

1985

1985-1986 Princeton, New Jersey

Physics graduate student, Princeton

1986

1986-1987 Bloomington, Indiana

1987

1987-1992 Ann Arbor, Michigan

18 June 1988: Married Anne Kugler

University of Michigan Ph.D. Astronomy 1992

1992

1992-1995 Cambridge, England

Research fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge

18 November 1993: birth of daughter Caitlyn

1995

1995-1996 Laurel, Maryland

1996-1997 Baltimore, Maryland

Carnegie Fellow, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington

1997

1997-1998 Piscataway, New Jersey

Research fellow, Rutgers University (very temporary appointment)

Began weekly long-distance commuting: Anne remained in Baltimore

13 March 1998: birth of daughter Isabel

1998

1998-2012 Astronomy Faculty, University of Maryland

Began the Long Commute: Anne joined faculty of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio

1998-present Cleveland Heights, Ohio

1998-2004 Silver Spring Maryland

2001: Distinguished Fellow, Flint Northern Alumni Association

2004-2005 Sabbatical, Case Western Reserve University

2005-2011 Adelphi, Maryland

2011-2012 Sabbatical, Case Western Reserve University. End Long Commute

2012

Astronomy Faculty, Case Western Reserve University

2013: Distinguished Alumnus, University of Michigan

2015

Chair, Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University

Director, Warner & Swasey Observatory

2023

Astronomy Faculty, Case Western Reserve University