Background
Shaffer, David Bruce was born on February 17, 1946 in Berea, Ohio, United States. Son of William Roth and Adelaide Esther (Fischer) Shaffer.
educator consultant radio astronomer
Shaffer, David Bruce was born on February 17, 1946 in Berea, Ohio, United States. Son of William Roth and Adelaide Esther (Fischer) Shaffer.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1974.
Gibbs instructor, Yale University, New Haven, 1973-1975; assistant scientist, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, W. Virginia, 1975-1978; associate science, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, 1978-1979; staff science, Phoenix Corporation, McLean, Virginia, 1979-1982; chief scientist, Interferometrics, Inc., Vienna, Virginia, 1982-1993; Adjunct Professor, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, since 1991; visiting associate professor, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, 1993-1994; consultant,, Las Vegas, since 1993. Member users committee National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1984-1987, 89-92. Member visiting committee NEROC Haystack Observatory, 1995-1997.
Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, Royal Astronomical Society, International Science Radio Union.
Married Donna Weistrop, August 12, 1979.