Background
Mumford, George Saltonstall was born on November 13, 1928 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George S. and Alice (Herrick) Mumford.
university dean Astronomy educator
Mumford, George Saltonstall was born on November 13, 1928 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George S. and Alice (Herrick) Mumford.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1950; Master of Arts, Indiana U., 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 1955.
Member faculty, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 1952-1953;
member of faculty, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, since 1955;
professor astronomy, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1968-1997;
dean College Liberal Arts, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1969-1979;
dean research and institutional programs, dean Graduate School Arts and Sciences, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1979-1984;
professor emeritus, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, since 1997;
acting director, Dudley Wright Center for Innovation in Science Teaching, 1991-1992. Visiting astronomer Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, 1962-1982. Consultant National Science Foundation, 1967-1968.
Visiting astronomer Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile, 1969-1972. Director Wyman-Gordon Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts, 1968-1996. Board directors Council of Graduate Schools in the United States, 1979-1983.
Member space science review panel NAS, 1989-1995. Member planetarium advising committee Museum Science, Boston. Board directors Miramichi Salmon Association, Charles River Watershed Association.
Chairman class committee Harvard University. Corporation member The Trustees of Reservations.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society Pacific, American Physical Society, International Astronomical Union, American Association Physics Teachers, Royal Astronomical Society Canada, Royal Astronomical Society, N.E. Association Graduate Schools (president 1981-1982), Sigma Xi.
Married Nancy Carey, December 22, 1949. Children: Barbara, Elizabeth, Robert, George.