Background
Ingersoll, Andrew Perry was born on January 2, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jeremiah Crary and Minneola (Perry) Ingersoll.
Ingersoll, Andrew Perry was born on January 2, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jeremiah Crary and Minneola (Perry) Ingersoll.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966.
Research fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965-1966. Assistant professor planetary science California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1966-1971, associate professor, 1971-1976, professor, 1976—2003, Earle C. Anthony professor planetary science, since 2003. Member staff summer study program Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1965, 70-73, 76, 80, 92.
Principal investigator Pioneer Saturn Infrared Radiometer Team, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Member Voyager Imaging Team, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cassini Imaging Team. Interdisciplinary scientist, Mars Global Surveyor Project, Galileo Project, Casini Project, Juno Project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Board trustees Polytechnic School, Pasadena. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Astronomical Society (vice-chairman division planetary science 1988-1989, chairman 1989-1990, Gerard P. Kuiper prize 2007).
Married Sarah Morin, August 27, 1961. Children: Jeremiah, Ruth Ingersoll Wood, Marion Ingersoll Quinones, Minneola, George.