Elizabeth Roberts Cornwall Tilley

Background

Tilley, Elizabeth Roberts Cornwall was born on September 23, 1914 in New Haven. Daughter of Charles Edward and Millicent (Johnson) Cornwall.

Education

Bachelor, Vassar College, 1935. Postgraduate, Yale University, 1936. Master of Arts, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, 1939.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1942.

Career

With Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, California, 1936—1937. Assistant teacher Wellesley College, 1937—1940, University Michigan, 1940—1942. Editor & supervisor, computers Office of Scientific Research and Development Rocket Project California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1943—1944.

Teacher St. John's Preparatory School, San Juan, 1958—1960. Supervisor, laboratory tests Analysts Inc., 1961—1963. Member, altar guild St. John's Cathedral, 1964—1980, president, 1968—1969, member, vestry, 1974—1980, member, cathedral chapter, 1974—1980, parish treasurer, 1974—1980.

Member, bishop's council advice Diocese Puerto Rico, 1968—1969. Vice chairman St. Cecilia Guild All Saints Church, Winter Park, Florida, 1982—1983, chairman, 1983—1985.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Roberts Cornwall Tilley has been listed as a noteworthy astronomer, civic worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Ladies Auxiliary Presbyterian Hospital, San Juan, 1964—1979, president, 1966—1970, trustee, 1970—1980, treasurer, 1972—1979. Member of American Astronomical Society, Vassar Central Florida Club (president 1982-1987), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Thomas Clark Tilley, October 31, 1942. Children: Thomas Clark III, Anne Bradford.

Father:

Charles Edward Cornwall

Mother:

Millicent (Johnson) Cornwall

Spouse:

Thomas Clark Tilley

child:

Anne Bradford Tilley

child:

Thomas Clark III Tilley