Background
Wegner, Gary Alan was born on December 26, 1944 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Herbert Edward and Melba Jean (Gardner) Wegner.
Wegner, Gary Alan was born on December 26, 1944 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Herbert Edward and Melba Jean (Gardner) Wegner.
Student, Washington State University, Pullman, 1965. Bachelor of Science, University Arizona, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, Seattle, 1971.
Fulbright fellow Mount Stromlo Observatory, Camberra, Allied Command Transformation, 1971-1972. Departmental demonstrator in astrophysics Oxford University, England, 1972-1975. Senior science research officer South African Astronomical Observatory, Capetown, Republic of South Africa, 1975-1978.
Annie J. Cannon fellow University Delaware, Newark, 1978-1979. Assistant professor Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1979-1982. Assistant professor to associate professor physics and astronomy Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982-1988, Margaret Anne and Edward Leede Distinguished professor physics and astronomy, since 1988.
Director Michigan-Dartmouth-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Observatory, 1991-1999. Visiting astronomer Cornell University, 1992. Visiting fellow St. Catherine's College, Oxford, 2002.
Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union.
Married Cynthia Kay Goodfellow, June 25, 1966. Children: Josef, Kurt, Christian, Peter-Jûrgen, Emma.