Background
Schnopper, Herbert William was born on March 13, 1933 in New York City. Son of Isidore and Shirley Schnopper.
Schnopper, Herbert William was born on March 13, 1933 in New York City. Son of Isidore and Shirley Schnopper.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1954; Master of Science in Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1962.
Senior scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1962-1963;
instructor, research associate, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1963-1966;
assistant professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1969;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1974;
physicist, Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, 1974-1980;
director, Danish Space Research Institute, Lyngby, Denmark, 1980-1986;
astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, since 1987. Lecturer astronomy Harvard University, Cambridge, 1974-1980. Consultant Jet PropulsionLab., Pasadena, 1963-1975, American Science & Engineering, Cambridge, 1969-1974, Quartz et Silice, Paris, 1972-1976.
Senior research associate National Research Council Goddard Space Flight Center, 1994. Deputy chair space science committee European Science Foundation. Visiting scientist Laboratory for Space Astrophysics and Fundamental Physics, Madrid, 1997.
Captain United States Army Reserve, 1954-1966. Member International Astronomical Union, American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, European Physical Society, Royal Danish Academy Science.
Married Patricia Jean Jeffries, September 28, 1980 (deceased 1987).