Background
Rosendhal, Jeffrey David was born on June 21, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Louis and Beulah (Goldsmith) Rosendhal.
Astronomer Federal science agency administrator
Rosendhal, Jeffrey David was born on June 21, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Louis and Beulah (Goldsmith) Rosendhal.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1962; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1968.
Visiting assistant professor astronomy University Washington, Seattle, 1968-1969. Assistant professor University Wisconsin, Madison, 1969-1971, University Arizona, Tucson, 1971-1974. With National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1974—2004, manager advanced programs and technical, astrophysics division, 1978-1980, assistant associate administrator advanced planning Office Space Science, 1980-1981, assistant associate administrator science Office Space Science, Applications, 1981-1987, special assistant to associate administrator for space science and applications, 1987-1989, 92-93, special assistant for policy Office Exploration, 1989-1990, assistant director exploration (international) Office Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology, 1990-1991, assistant director strategic planning Astrophysics Division Office of Space Science, 1993-1996, assistant associate administrator/education and outreach Office Space Science, 1996-2001, education public outreach director Office of Space Science, 2001—2004, assistant associate administrator for education programs Office of Education, 2004.
Visiting professor international relations George Washington University, 1988-1989. Member staff energy subcommittee House Science Space and Technology Committee, 1992. Visiting senior scholar National Air and Space Museum, 2005-2006.
Consultant, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005-2006, National Research Council, TERC, Boston Museum of Science, De Paul University, 2007, National Science Foundation, 2010. Deputy director University Space Research Association National Center Earth and Space Science Education, 2006, lecturer, Osher Life Long Leaening Institute George Mason University, 2010.
Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate fellow 1996), Senior Executives Association, International Astronomical Union, International Academy Astronautics, American Astronomical Society (division planetary science, history astronomy division, high-energy astrophysics division), Astronomical Society Pacific (advisory committee since 2006, Klumpke-Roberts prize 2006), Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Sharon E. Katzman, December 27, 1964 (divorced January 25, 1989). Children: Martin Andrew, Rachel Lynn. Married Ellen R. Anderson, February 14, 1992.