Background
Pieper, George Francis was born on January 1, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Francis Senior and Katherine Gertrude (Cross) Pieper.
educator aerospace engineering consultant
Pieper, George Francis was born on January 1, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Francis Senior and Katherine Gertrude (Cross) Pieper.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1946; Master of Science in Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1952.
Staff member radiation laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1944-1945; from instructor to assistant professor physics, Yale University, New Haven, 1952-1960; project supervisor applied physics laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., 1960-1964; director science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1965-1983; associate center director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1984-1986; professor aerospace engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., 1986-1991; private practice consultant, Edgewater, Maryland., since 1991. Guest worker Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Federal Republic of Germany, 1971-1972.
Fellow American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, Washington Academy Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Barbara Ferguson, December 27, 1950. Children: Pamela, Lynell.