Background
Mather, John Cromwell was born on August 7, 1946 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Eugene and Martha Belle (Cromwell) Mather.
Mather, John Cromwell was born on August 7, 1946 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Eugene and Martha Belle (Cromwell) Mather.
Bachelor, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1974; Doctor of Science (honorary), Swarthmore College, 1994.
NAS/National Research Council research associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City, 1974-1976;
lecturer in astronomy, Columbia University, New York City, 1975-1976;
astrophysicist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1976;
head infrared astrophysics branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1988-1989, 90-93;
senior scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1989-1990, 93-;
study scientist Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite,, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1976-1982;
project scientist COBE, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1982;
principal investigator FIRAS on COBE, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1976. Chairman external advisory board Center for Astrophysical Research in the Antarctic, University of Chicago, 1992-1995. Member lunar astrophysics management operations working group National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Washington, 1992.
Study scientist Next Generation Space Telescope, since 1995. Member National Research Council Board of Physics and Astronomy, since 1998.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society. Member American Astronomical Society (Dannie Heineman prize astrophysics 1993, councilor, since 1998), International Astronomical Union, National Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Jane Anne Hauser, November 22, 1980.