Background

Apt, Jerome was born on April 28, 1949 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jerome and Joan (Frank) Apt.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976; staff member Center for Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1980; assistant director applied science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978-1980; senior scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1980-1982; payload flight contractor, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1982-1985; astronaut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, since 1985. Director Table Mountain Observatory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 1981-1982.

Achievements

• Jerome Apt has been listed as a noteworthy astronaut by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union, Society of Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Eleanor Bradlee Emmons, July 12, 1987. Children: Sarah Bradlee, Rachel Caroline.

Father:

Jerome Apt

Mother:

Joan (Frank) Apt

Spouse:

Eleanor Bradlee Emmons

child:

Sarah Bradlee Apt

child:

Rachel Caroline Apt