Background
Breckinridge, James Bernard was born on May 27, 1939 in Cleveland. Son of Albert Coles and Catherine Rose (Wengler) Breckinridge.
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James Bernard Breckinridge
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Bachelor of Science in Physics, Case Institute Technology, 1961; Master of Science in Optical Science, U. Arizona, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Optical Science, U. Arizona, 1976.
Career
Research assistant, Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California, 1961-1964;
electron tube engineer, Rauland Corporation, Chicago, 1967;
research assistant, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, full time, 1964-1966, 68, 75-76;
research assistant, Kitt Peak National Observatory, part time, 1969-1974;
member technical staff Jet Propulsion Laboratory,, California Institute Technology, since 1976;
part-time faculty in applied physics, California Institute Technology, since 1981;
manager optics section, California Institute Technology, 1981-1994;
program manager, Flight Projects Office, since 1994;
leader, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Team to Assess Optics Technology in Former Soviet Union, 1992-1997;
management & technical consultant, since 1994. Co-investigator National Aeronautics and Space Administration Spacelab 3. Member of advisory committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department Defense.
Staff member Hubble Space Telescope Failure Board, 1990, technical manager Hubble Space Telescope Camera Optics Repair.
Achievements
Membership
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American. Board of trustees United Church of Christ. Fellow Optical Society American (board directors), Royal Astronomical Society, International Society Optical Engineering (Board of Governors, president 1994).
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Astronomical Society, Council of Scientific Society President's (board directors 1996), International Astronomical Union (United States committee representative to the international congress on optics), Astronomical Society of Pacific.
Connections
Married Ann Marie Yoder, July 24, 1965. Children: Douglass E., John Brian.
