John Paul Cox

Background

Cox, John Paul was born on November 4, 1926 in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. Son of James B. and Bess L. (Tollette) Cox.

Education

AB, Indiana U., 1949; Master of Science, Indiana U., 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1954.

Career

Member of faculty, Cornell Univercity, 1954-1962; visiting scientist, Courant Institute Mathematics Sciences, New York University, New York City, 1962-1963; visiting fellow, Joint Institute Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, Colorado, 1963; associate professor astrophysics, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1963-1965; professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1965-1984. Visiting professor department mathematics Monash U., Melbourne, Australia, 1972. Consultant Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957, 59, 60, Los AlmosSci.

Laboratory, 1960-1984. Assistant engineer Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corporation, EastHartford, Connecticut, 1958.

Achievements

• John Paul Cox has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Colorado-Wyoming Academy Sciences, International Astronomical Union, Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society.Pacific, Sigma Xi, Phi Eta Sigma.

Connections

Married Jane B. Blizard-Cox, July 1972.

Father:

James B. Cox

Mother:

Bess L. (Tollette) Cox

Spouse:

Jane B. Blizard-Cox