Background
Armstrong, John Thomas was born on October 11, 1948 in Berwyn, Illinois, United States. Son of Wayne Foiles and Doris Marie (Bollinger) Armstrong.
Armstrong, John Thomas was born on October 11, 1948 in Berwyn, Illinois, United States. Son of Wayne Foiles and Doris Marie (Bollinger) Armstrong.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1970; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1974-1977; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1977-1978; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983.
Proofreader, Stone & Webster Corporation, Boston, 1974; editorial assistant, Jacaranda Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1975; teaching/research assistant, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1975-1977; teaching/research assistant, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1977-1978; research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978-1983; research associate, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1983-1986; staff scientist, U. Cologne, Germany, 1986-1988; associate research scientist, U. Space Research Association, Washington, 1989-1994; astrophysicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, since 1994.
Member International Astronomical Union (chair working group on high angular resolution interferometry since 1994), Astronomical Society Pacific, American Astronomical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Susan Linda Stark, October 4, 1975 (divorced July 1982). Married Anne Spielberg, May 30, 1992.