Background
Felten, James Edgar was born on September 8, 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Edgar George and Myrtle Clarice (Thompson) Felten.
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James Edgar Felten
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Education
Bachelor cum laude in Physics and Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, Cornell Univercity, 1965.
Career
Assistant research physicist, University of California, San Diego, 1965-1968;
visiting fellow, Institute Theoretical Astronomy, Cambridge U., 1968-1970;
associate astronomer, U. Arizona, 1970-1975;
visiting associate professor, U. Arizona, 1970-1972;
associate professor astronomy, U. Arizona, 1972-1975;
National Research Council senior resident research associate, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1976-1978;
visiting professor astronomy, U. Maryland., 1978-1979;
senior research associate, U. Maryland., 1978-1985;
consultant, U. Maryland., since 1985;
research scientist, Universities Space Research Association, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1989-1991. Visiting professor U. Padua, U. Bologna, 1970. Visiting research physicist University of California, San Diego, 1980.
Visiting scientist Ohio State University, 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Astronomical Society (committeeman high energy astrophysics division 1972-1973), International Astronomical Union (visiting fellow Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1970), Greenbelt Players, Victorian Lyric Opera Company.
