Background
Kormendy, John was born on June 13, 1948 in Graz, Austria. Came to the United States, 1990.
Kormendy, John was born on June 13, 1948 in Graz, Austria. Came to the United States, 1990.
Bachelor of Science with honours in Mathematics and Physics, University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 1976.
Parisot postdoctoral fellow astronomy department University California, Berkeley, 1976-1978. Senior visiting fellow Institute Astronomy, Cambridge (England) University, 1978, 80. Postdoctoral fellow Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, 1978-1979.
Staff member Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1979-1989. Professor Institute for Astronomy, University Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1990. Lecturer Swiss Society Astronomy and Astrophysics, Saas-Fee, 1982, 1st Yellow Mountain Summer School on Physics and Astrophysics, Tunxi, Anhui, China, 1987, Nordic Summer School, Gräftåvallen, Sweden, 1992.
Member science advisory council Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, 1984-1987. Participant conferences in field. Spring lecturer Princeton University, 1995.
Member American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society Pacific (Muhlmann prize 1988), Royal Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union (chairman science organizing committee symposium on dark matter in universe 1985).
Married Mary Ker.