Background
Davis, Robert James was born on October 26, 1929 in Omaha. Son of Harry Cleve and Margaret Louise (Homan) Davis.
Computer software designer Astrophysicst
Davis, Robert James was born on October 26, 1929 in Omaha. Son of Harry Cleve and Margaret Louise (Homan) Davis.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1951; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1960.
Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Institution, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1956. Member planetarium committee Boston Museum of Science, 1975-1994. Member safety committee Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, 1980-1990.
Senior deacon Park Avenue Congressional Church, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1976-1980. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1951-1954. Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (historian 1967-1972, trustee since 1986).
Married Ruth Cinnamon, May 16, 1953. Children: Carolyn Hargis, Deborah Mossberg, Paul, Elizabeth Poimboeuf.