Background
Apt, Jerome was born on April 28, 1949 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jerome and Joan (Frank) Apt.
Apt, Jerome was born on April 28, 1949 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jerome and Joan (Frank) Apt.
AB, Harvard University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976.
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.
Member American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union, Society of Sigma Xi.
Married Eleanor Bradlee Emmons, July 12, 1987. Children: Sarah Bradlee, Rachel Caroline.