Background
Merri Sue Carter was born on the 16th of November, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. She is the daughter of William E., a research geodesist, and Marilyn (Johnson) Carter, a contracting officer.
Merri Sue Carter
College Park, MD 20742, United States
Merri Sue Carter studied at the University of Maryland, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1986 and earned a Master of Science degree from it in 1999.
College Park, MD 20742, United States
Merri Sue Carter studied at the University of Maryland, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1986 and earned a Master of Science degree from it in 1999.
https://www.amazon.com/Latitude-American-Astronomers-Mystery-Variation-ebook/dp/B0014LU3WE
2003
https://www.amazon.com/Simon-Newcomb-Americas-Unofficial-Astronomer/dp/1591138035
2006
Merri Sue Carter was born on the 16th of November, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. She is the daughter of William E., a research geodesist, and Marilyn (Johnson) Carter, a contracting officer.
Merri Sue Carter studied at the University of Maryland, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1986 and earned a Master of Science degree from it in 1999.
From 1996, Merri Sue Carter is an astronomer at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington. Besides, she is the director of the World Data Center A for the Rotation of the Earth. Her primary work is studying polar motion and variations in the rotation of Earth, using VLBI and Global Positioning System (GPS) observations collected at stations around the world.
With her father, Bill Carter, she cowrote, Latitude: How American Astronomers Solved the Mystery of Variation, that was published in 2002. It is a history of the breakthrough discovery that established the United States as a player in the global scientific community. Four years later their book, Simon Newcomb: America's Unofficial Astronomer Royal, came out. Also, she is the author of scientific papers and a contributor to American National Biography.
Merri Sue Carter is a member of the American Geophysical Union.
Merri Sue Carter is married to James H. Clark III. They have two children, Wyatt Evan Clark and Holly Mae Clark.
William E. Carter is an American research geodesist, civil engineer, and author. He served at the United States Air Force from 1965 to 1972 in Cheyenne and was a geodetic officer in 1965-1967 in Great Falls. Also, he worked as a missile launch officer from 1967 to 1969 in Tucson, and research geodesist from 1969 to 1972. After that, he joined the University of Hawaii in Maui as a research geodesist, that post he held until 1976. Between 1976 and 1996, he served at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Springs. Besides, there he was chief of geodetic research and development laboratory in 1992-1996. After that, he accepted the post of adjunct professor of engineering at the University of Florida in Gainesville. As Bill Carter, with daughter, Merri Sue Carter, he produced, Latitude: How American Astronomers Solved the Mystery of Variation, that came out in 2002. His most recent book, Taking the Measure of Planet Earth: From Kilometers to Millimeters in the First Half Century of the Space Age, was written in 2018.
(21 March 1946 - 7 October 2002)
