Background
Littleton, John Edward was born on July 28, 1943 in Ballston Spa, New York, United States. Son of Clarence Eugene and Anna Lucy (Seeley) Littleton.
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John Edward Littleton
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Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, U. Rochester, 1972.
Career
Research associate, Belfer Graduate School of Science, Yeshiva U., New York City, 1972-1973;
research fellow, Harvard University Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973-1975;
assistant professor physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1975-1981;
associate professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1981-1988;
professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, since 1988;
director Tomchin Planetarium, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1977-1983;
supervisor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1983-1984. Visiting assistant professor astronomy University of Illinois, Urbana, 1981. Visiting associate research astronomer University of California, Berkeley, 1984-1986, 93-94.
Visiting scientist astronony Indiana U., Bloomington, 1984.
Achievements
Membership
Merit badge counselor Boy Scouts American, Morgantown, since 1980. Member International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of Pacific, Appalachian Section American Association Physics Teachers, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Joan Mary Lawrence, September 4, 1965 (deceased 1969). Married Rebecca Ann Lawson, August 20, 1988.
Awards
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Named Cornell National Scholar Cornell Univercity, 1961-1965, National Aeronautics and Space Administration trainee U. Rochester, 1968-1971, Visiting Astronomer Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1984-1985.Named Cornell National Scholar Cornell Univercity, 1961-1965, National Aeronautics and Space Administration trainee U. Rochester, 1968-1971, Visiting Astronomer Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1984-1985.