Background
Stearns, Carl Leo was born on September 14, 1892 in Westbrook, Maine, United States. Son of Albert Joseph and Cora May (Weymouth) Stearns.
Stearns, Carl Leo was born on September 14, 1892 in Westbrook, Maine, United States. Son of Albert Joseph and Cora May (Weymouth) Stearns.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1917. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1923.
; children—Robert Leo, Elva Parkhurst (Mistress Creeger), Doris Elizabeth (Mistress Swain). Married second, Eddie McCormick. Assistant Dudley Observatory, Albany, New York, 1917-1918.
Instructor in mathematics, Wesleyan University, 1918-1919, instructor in astronomy, 1919-1920.
Research assistant, Yale Observatory, 1920-1925. Research associate in astronomy, Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University, 1925-1942, later director observatory associate professor astronomy 1942-1944, professor from 1944, instructor in navigation Naval Flight Preparatory School, Wesleyan University, 1943.
Visiting instructor Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1940-1941.
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, Middletown Science Association (past president), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Mildred Parkhurst Booth, August 9, 1923 (deceased. Married second, Eddie McCormick. Children: Robert Leo, Elva Parkhurst (Mistress Creeger), Doris Elizabeth (Mistress Swain).
