Background
Howard, Robert Franklin was born on December 30, 1932 in Delaware, Ohio, United States. Son of David Dale and Clarine Edna (Morehouse) Howard.
Astronomer Observatory administrator
Howard, Robert Franklin was born on December 30, 1932 in Delaware, Ohio, United States. Son of David Dale and Clarine Edna (Morehouse) Howard.
Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1957.
Carnegie fellow, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatory, Pasadena, California, 1957-1959; staff member, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatory, 1961-1981; assistant professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1959-1961; assistant director for Mount Wilson, Mount Wilson & Las Campanas Observatory, Pasadena, 1981-1984; director, National Solar Observatory, Tucson, 1984-1988; astronomer, National Solar Observatory, Tucson, 1988-1998; astronomer emeritus, National Solar Observatory, Tucson, since 1998.
Member American Astronomical Society (Hale prize 2003), International Astronomical Union.
Married Margaret Teresa Farnon, October 4, 1958. Children— Thomas Colin, Alan Robert, Moira Catharine.