Floyd William Stecker

Background

Stecker, Floyd William was born on August 12, 1942 in New York City. Son of Norman and Helen Lillian (Stern) Stecker.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963; Master of Arts in Astrophysics, Harvard University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, Harvard University, 1968.

Career

Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Nuclear science, Cambridge, 1962-1963; physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center Astrophysics, Cambridge, 1963-1967; postdoctoral research associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1967-1968; astrophysicist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1968. Lecturer U. Maryland., College Park, since 1985. Adjunct Professor physics, U. Utah, since 1993.

Achievements

• Floyd William Stecker has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) Science Symposium : proceedings of a science symposium held at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, November 15-16, 1989 (NASA 3071)

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, Internt. Astronomical Union (galactic structure and cosmology commissions), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Dorothy Ruth Bick, July 4,1965. Children: Benjamin, Jonathan.

Father:

Norman Stecker

Mother:

Helen Lillian (Stern) Stecker

Spouse:

Dorothy Ruth Bick

child:

Benjamin Stecker

child:

Jonathan Stecker