Background
Langer, George Edward was born on July 17, 1936 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Cyril R. and Mildred E. (Helmenstein) Langer.
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George Edward Langer
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Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, University Notre Dame, 1959; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University Colorado, 1969.
Career
Physicist, United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, 1960-1961; Woodrow Wilson Foundation teaching intern, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1963-1965; assistant professor physics, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 1969-1977; associate professor, Colorado College, 1977-1985; professor, Colorado College, since 1985. Visiting astronomer Lick Observatory, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1972, 76-77, 83-84, 90-91, also summers 1971, 78, 79, 81, 85, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 94. Visiting associate professor astro-geophysics U. Colorado, Boulder, summers 1980, 83.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society. Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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Connections
Married Josephine Moroney, June 8, 1963. Children— Mary Ann, Sara, James David.
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Religion
Roman Catholic