Background
Low, Frank James was born on November 23, 1933 in Mobile. Son of Albert S. and Flora (Woodruff) Low.
Low, Frank James was born on November 23, 1933 in Mobile. Son of Albert S. and Flora (Woodruff) Low.
Bachelor of Science, Yale, 1955; Master of Arts, Rice U., 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Rice U., 1959.
Member technical staff, Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, 1959-1962; associate scientist, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, West Virginia, 1962-1965; research professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1965; Regents professor, U. Arizona, since 1988; president, Infrared laboratories, Inc., Tucson, since 1967; professor space science, Rice U., Houston, 1966-1971; Adjunct Professor, Rice U., 1971-1979.
Board of directors Tucson East Young Men’s Christian Association-Young Women’s Christian Association, 1973-1975. Member NAS, American Astronomical Society (Helen B. Warner prize 1968), American Physical Society, Astronomical Society of Pacific, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Edith Estella Morgan, Sep. 8, 1956; children— Valerie Ann, Beverly Ellen, Eric David.