R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Physics, Math and Astronomy Division
S.M., University of Chicago, 1957; Ph.D., 1961. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1962-65; Associate Professor, 1965-70; Professor, 1970-82; R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Service Professor, 1982-2002;R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, 2002-. Chief Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1977-78; Chairman, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, 1978-83; Acting Director, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, 1980-81; Vice President and Provost, 1983-87; Director, Laser Interferometer Gravitational- wave Observatory Project, 1987-94.