Background
Sakimoto, Philip Jon was born on January 21, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Jimmy Sachio and Amy Emy (Mitani) Sakimoto.
Sakimoto, Philip Jon was born on January 21, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Jimmy Sachio and Amy Emy (Mitani) Sakimoto.
Bachelor, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1976; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1985.
Intern, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 1976; teaching and research assistant, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977-1985; instructor, Compton (California) College, 1976-1977; instructor, Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution, Wilmington, California, 1978-1979; visiting assistant professor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1985-1989; assistant director, Johns Hopkins Space Grant Consortium, Baltimore, 1989-1990; university affairs officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1990. Contributing author: International Astronomical Union Colloquium on the Teaching of Astronomy, 1990, Great Ideas for Teaching Astronomy, 1990, Encyclopedia Magill's Suvey of Science: Space Exploration Sciences, 1989. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Lay minister Stephen Ministries, Walla Walla, 1988-1989, Ecumenical Church of the Savior, Washington. Member American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of Pacific, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Susan Elizabeth Hubbard, December 31, 1988.