Background
Saunders, Ronald Stephen was born on October 8, 1940 in Parsons, Kansas, United States. Son of Ronald Victor and Jeanne Ann (Dixon) Saunders.
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Ronald Stephen Saunders
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1963; Master of Science in Geology, Brown U., 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Brown U., 1970.
Career
Geologist, United States Peace Corps, Ghana, 1963-1965; geologist, United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1967-1969; member technical staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1974-1977; leader planetology development program, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1976-1981; director regional planetary image facility, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, since 1976; supervisor Earth and Planetary Science Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1977-1979; manager planetology and oceanography section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1979-1981; project scientist Magellan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, since 1981; senior research scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, since 1985.
Membership
Trustee Altadena (California) Library., since 1989. Member Rotary.
Interests
Connections
Children: Stephen Victor, Paul Patterson, Robert Alexander.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Republican