Background
Burns, Joseph Arthur was born on March 22, 1941 in New York City. Son of John Driscoll and Genevieve Mary (McCarthy) Burns.
Burns, Joseph Arthur was born on March 22, 1941 in New York City. Son of John Driscoll and Genevieve Mary (McCarthy) Burns.
Bachelor of Science, Webb Institute, Glen Cove, New York, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1966.
Assistant professor Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1967, 68-74, associate professor, 1974-1981, professor, 1981-1994. Irving Porter Church professor engineering and astronomy, since 1994. Chairman theoretical and applied Mechanics Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1987-1993, vice provost physical science and engineering, since 2003.
National Research Council research associate National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1967-1968. National Academy of Sciences exchange fellow Institute Geophysics, Moscow, 1973. Senior scientist National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, 1975-1976, 82-83.
Astronome titulaire Observatoire de Paris, France, 1979, 84. Visiting professor astronomy University California, Berkeley, 1982-1983. Visiting professor planetary science University Arizona, Tucson, 1989-1990.
Member space and earth science advisory committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1983-1987, solar system exploration committee, 1988-1992, National Academy of Sciences space studies board, 1989-1995, chair National Academy of Sciences committee planet exploration, 1992-1995, member solar system decadal panel National Research Council, 2001-2002.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union. Member International Academy Astronautics, Russian Academy of Sciences, American Astronomical Society (chairman planetary science 1983-1984, chairman dynamical astronomy 2000-2001, vice president 2001-2004, Masursky Prize 1994), International Astronomical Union (member solar system committee 1986-1989, vice president solar system 1996-1999, vice president celestial mechanics 2003-2006, president since 2006).
Married Judith Ann Klein, July 1, 1967. Children: Patrick M., Caitlin M.