Background
Gurshtein, Alexander Aronovich was born on February 21, 1937 in Moscow. Son of Aron Sheftelevich and Elena Vasil'evna (Reznikova) Gurshtein. came to the United States, 1995.
Gurshtein, Alexander Aronovich was born on February 21, 1937 in Moscow. Son of Aron Sheftelevich and Elena Vasil'evna (Reznikova) Gurshtein. came to the United States, 1995.
Graduate in Engineering, Moscow Geodesy University, 1959. Candidate of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, 1966. Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1980.
Assistant lecturer, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow, 1959-1962;
engineer, Korolev Space Design Bureau, Kaliningrad, Russia, 1964-1966;
head division Institute Space Research, Russian Academy Sciences, Moscow, 1967-1980;
vice director research affairs Institute History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy Sciences, Moscow, 1981-1995;
visiting professor, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado, since 1995. Principal investigator Intercosmos Space Program, 1970-1980. Head county astronomical training Ministry of Education, Moscow, since 1988.
Presenter in field.
Republican People's Council, Moscow, 1990-1994. Member International Astronomical Union (vice president Commission on History of Astronomy), European Society for Astronomy in Culture (vice president 1993-1999), American Astronomical Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Olga Vladimirovna Vorobieva, 1981. Children: Kseniya, Michael.