Background
Comfort, Richard Hugh was born on July 23, 1941 in Amarillo, Texas, United States. Son of Richard Obee and Winona Comfort.
Comfort, Richard Hugh was born on July 23, 1941 in Amarillo, Texas, United States. Son of Richard Obee and Winona Comfort.
Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Harvard University, 1963; Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Alabama, Huntsville, 1975.
Engineer, member research staff, Northrop Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, 1967-1975;
NAS/National Research Council resident research associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, 1975-1977;
from assistant research professor to research professor, U. Alabama, Huntsville, since 1977. Assistant director Center for Space Plasma & Aeronomic Research, since 1988. Associate director Alabama National Aeronautics and Space Administration experimental program to simulate competitive research, since 1994.
Dir.Inst. for Science Education, since 1995.
Captain United States Army, 1963-1967. Member American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society, Alabama Academy Sciences, Phi KapppaPhi, Sigma Xi.
Married Carol Jenter, June 22, 1963;children: Heather Elaine, Dawn Ashley.
