Background
Millis, Robert Lowell was born on September 12, 1941 in Martinsville, Illinois, United States.
Millis, Robert Lowell was born on September 12, 1941 in Martinsville, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor, Eastern Illinois University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, University Wisconsin, 1968.
Astronomer, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1967-1986; associate director, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1986-1990; director, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, since 1990.
Board director Museum of Northern Arizona, United Way of Northern Arizona. Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomy Union, Division Planetary Science (secretary-treasurer 1985-1988, chairman 1994-1995).
Married Julia Drean, 1965. Children: David, Daniel.