Background

Rountree, Janet Caryl was born on August 14, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Ernest Alonzo and Frances Careta (Vogel) Rountree.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1958; postgraduate, U. Paris, 1958-1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1967.

Career

Science officer, Leiden (Netherlands) Observatory, 1968-1970; astronomer adjoint, Meudon (France) Observatory, 1970-1971; visiting fellow, U. Colorado, 1971-1972; research astronomer, lecturer astronomy, U. Denver, 1972-1977; director observatory operations, U. Denver, 1974-1977; research professor of electrical and computer engineering, U. Arizona, since 1994. National Aeronautics and Space Administration-National Research Council senior resident research associate Goddard Space Flight Center, 1977-1979. Physical scientist Department Air Force, 1979-1993.

Consultant, senior scientist Science Applications International Corporation, since 1993.

Achievements

• Janet Caryl Rountree has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Astronomical Union (commission member), American Astronomical Society, Royal Astronomical Society, Fulbright Alumni Association (director) 1978-1983, national capital area, treasurer 1991-1993), Optical Society of America, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married J. Harold Lesh, April 19, 1960 (divorced 1971). 1 child, Kathryn Frances. Married Morris L. Aizenman, June 24, 1977.

Father:

Ernest Alonzo Rountree

Mother:

Frances Careta (Vogel) Rountree

Spouse:

J. Harold Lesh

Spouse:

Morris L. Aizenman

child:

Kathryn Frances Rountree