Background
Fischel, David was born on September 12, 1936 in DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leonard and Elizabeth Mae (Brown) Fischel.
astrophysicist remote sensing specialist
Fischel, David was born on September 12, 1936 in DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leonard and Elizabeth Mae (Brown) Fischel.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Brown U., 1958; Master of Arts, Indiana U., 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, Indiana U., 1963.
Astrophysicist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1963-1965; astrophysicist Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1965-1979; earth resources system scientist, Information Processing division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1979-1984; project manager, Systems and Applied Sciences Corporation, 1984-1985; senior systems engineer (image processing), Earth Observation Satellite Company, 1985-1989; chief scientist, Earth Observation Satellite Company, 1989-1996; consultant, SGT Inc., 1996-1997; chief scientist, SGT Inc., since 1997. Co-organizer International Conference in Stellar Pulsation, 1974, 78.
Volunteer Boy Scouts American, 1964-1987, with Baltimore Area council, 1975-1987. Chairman.Columbia (Maryland.) Cooperative Ministry Refugee Resettlement Committee, 1975-1982. Elder First Presbyterian Church of Howard Country.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (former chair Baltimore chapter), COSPAR (associate), Society Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik Commision on Remote Sensing, International Astronomical Union, Sigma Xi.
Married Constance Jean Newham, June 11, 1960. Children: Valerie Dawn, Walter David, Brenda Jill.