Donald Foster Neidig

Background

Neidig, Donald Foster was born on August 6, 1944 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Donald Foster and Victoria Elizabeth (Miller) Neidig.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Dickinson College, 1966; Master of Science in Astronomy, Pennsylvania State University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, Pennsylvania State University, 1976.

Career

Instructor, Alliance College, Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, 1971-1973; astrophysicist, Geophysics Directorate Phillips Laboratory/National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, New Mexico, since 1976; associate faculty, New Mexico State University, Alamogordo, since 1994. Member science working group National Aeronautics and Space Administration Orbiting Solar Laboratory, 1989-1991. Member mgmt.ops. working group for solar physics National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1989-1990.

Adjunct Professor New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, since 1990, Park College, Holloman Air Force Base Ext., since 1992. Co-investigator United States Air Force Space Weather and Terrestrial Hazards Mission, since 1993.

Achievements

• Donald Foster Neidig has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society (solar physics division), International Astronomical Union, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocation: oil painting.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Ferguson, September 8, 1979.

Father:

Donald Foster Neidig

Mother:

Victoria Elizabeth (Miller) Neidig

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Ferguson