Background
Shields, Gregory Alan was born on October 22, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Shields, Gregory Alan was born on October 22, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Stanford University, 1968. Master of Science in Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 1973.
Research fellow, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1974;
assistant professor astronomy, University Texas, Austin, 1974-1979;
associate professor, University Texas, Austin, 1979-1985;
professor, University Texas, Austin, 1985-1988;
Jane & Roland Blumberg Professor in Astronomy, University Texas, Austin, since 1988;
department chairman astronomy, University Texas, Austin, 1990-1994. Summer faculty Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1979. Research associate in astronomy University of California, Santa Cruz, 1980, '87.
Visiting associate in astronomy, California.Inst. Technology, 1981; invited professor Meudon Observatory, U. Paris, 1984;visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1986, Member Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987. Member laboratory, theory panel Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee.
Member American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society Pacific (member board editors publications 1982-1990), International Astronomical Union, Royal Astronomical Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Katharine Bowden. Children: Michael, James.