Background
Thaddeus, Patrick was born on June 6, 1932 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Victor and Elizabeth (Ross) Thaddeus.
Thaddeus, Patrick was born on June 6, 1932 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Victor and Elizabeth (Ross) Thaddeus.
Bachelor of Science, University Delaware, 1953; Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1960.
Research associate, Columbia Radiation Laboratory, 1960-1961;
research associate, Goddard Institute Space Studies, New York City, 1961-1963;
member science staff, Goddard Institute Space Studies, 1963-1986;
member of faculty, Columbia University, 1965-1986;
Adjunct Professor physics, Columbia University, 1971-1986;
professor astronomy and applied physics, Harvard University, since 1986;
member science staff, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, since 1986. Visiting committee National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1973-1976, 91-94. Member Astronomy Survey Committee, 1978-1980, 89-90.
Chair task group on Space Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1996-1997. Fairchild Distinguished Scholar California Institute Technology, 1994. Russell Marker lecturer Pennsylvania State University, 1989.
Visiting fellow Institute Astronomy, Cambridge, England, 1983.
Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Astronomical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy Sciences, International Astronomical Union, Sigma Xi.
Married Janice Petherbridge Farrar, April 6, 1963. Children: Eva, Michael.