Background
Jenkins, Edward Beynon was born on March 20, 1939 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Francis Arthur and Henrietta Beynon (Smith) Jenkins.
Jenkins, Edward Beynon was born on March 20, 1939 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Francis Arthur and Henrietta Beynon (Smith) Jenkins.
AB, University of California, Davis, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1966.
Research associate Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1966-1967, member research staff, 1967-1973, research astronomer, 1973-1979, senior research astronomer, since 1979. Member management and operations working group National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1976-1979, 88-91, member astrophysics subcommittee, 1992-1993. Member committee on space astronomy and astrophysics National Academy of Sciences, Washington, 1986-1989.
Co-investigator Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, 1985-2006, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, 1989-2007. Principal investigator Interstellar Medium Absorption Profile Spectrograph, 1980-2002.
Member American Astronomical Society (vice president since 1996), International Astronomical Union (president Commission 44, 1988-1991).
Married Myrna Dean Stewart, June 29, 1963. Children: Brian Francis, Eric Dean.