Background
Standish, Erland Myles was born on March 5, 1939 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Erland Myles and Hilda Chaffee (Crosby) Standish.
Standish, Erland Myles was born on March 5, 1939 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Erland Myles and Hilda Chaffee (Crosby) Standish.
Bachelor, Wesleyan University, 1960; Master of Arts, Wesleyan University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1967.
Research associate, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1967-1968; assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1968-1972; member technical staff, Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, since 1972. Secretary Celestial Mechanics Institute, Namur, Belgium, since 1990. Vice president to president International Astronomical Union Comm4, Paris, since 1994.
Commissioner/director American Youth Soccer Organisation, Pasadena, 1988-1990. Director La CanadaHigh School Boosters, California, 1993-1996. Member American Astronomical Society (vice-chairman to chairman dynamical division, 1990-1993, secretary 1980-1986), Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Xi.
Married Jeannine Patricia Roy, July 20, 1968. Children: Erland Myles III, Brian Roy, Kevin James.