Background
Savage, Blair deWillis was born on June 7, 1941 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Rufus Llewellyn and Christine (Burney) Savage.
Savage, Blair deWillis was born on June 7, 1941 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Rufus Llewellyn and Christine (Burney) Savage.
Bachelor of Engineering Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1964; Master of Science, Princeton University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1967.
Research associate, Princeton University, 1967-1968;
assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1968-1973;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973-1978;
professor astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1978;
department chairman, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1982-1985. Visiting fellow Joint Institute Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, Colorado, 1974-1975. Investigator space astronomy projects National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1968.
Board president Wisconsin, Indiana, Yale National Optical Astronomy Observatory Telescope Consortium, 1990-1996.
Member American Astronomical Society (councilor 1994-1997), International Astronomical Union, National Research Council (space science board member 1985-1988, chairman committee for space astronomy and astrophysics 1985-1988, astronomy and astrophysics survey committee 1989-1990, committee for astronomy and astrophysics 1998-2001), Association for University Research in Astronomy (board directors 1989-1992, space telescope Science Institute council 1999-2002), Tau Beta Pi.
Married Linda Jean Wilber, June 25, 1966. Children: Reid Hamilton, Keith Wesley.