Richard Alan McCray

Background

McCray, Richard Alan was born on November 24, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Alan Archer and Ruth Elizabeth (Woodworth) McCray.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1967.

Career

Research fellow, California Institute Tech, Pasadena, 1967-1968; assistant professor astronomy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1971; associate professor astrophysics, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1971-1975; professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, since 1975; chairman Joint Institute Laboratory Astrophysics, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1981-1982; chairman Center for Astrophysics and Space Astromony, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1985-1986; George Gamow professor astrophysics, U. Colorado, Boulder, since 1998; professor astronomy, Nanjing (China) U., since 1996.

Achievements

• Richard Alan McCray has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member NAS, American Astronomical Society (councilor 1980-1983, chairman high energy astrophysics division 1986-1987, Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, 1990), International Astronomical Union.

Connections

Married Sandra Broomfield. Children: Julia, Carla.

Father:

Alan Archer McCray

Mother:

Ruth Elizabeth (Woodworth) McCray

Spouse:

Sandra Broomfield

child:

Julia McCray

child:

Carla McCray