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Wheaton, William Ashley was born on February 22, 1942 in Toledo, Ohio, United States. Son of William and Lucile Young Wheaton.
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William Ashley Wheaton
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William Ashley Wheaton, American Astrophysicist. Achievements include design science data analysis systems for x- and gamma-ray astronomy on National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellites; research on x- and gamma-ray emission of compact stars, black holes, active galaxies, detector background and technology, and statistical estimation theory.
Education
AB, Harvard University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1976.
Career
Research staff assoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1979; resident research associate, National Research Council, Pasadena, California, 1979-1981; senior scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1981-1983; member technical staff, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1983.
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Membership
Board of directors, president Child Ednl. Center California Technology U. Jet Propulsion Lab Comunity, La Canada, California, 1980-1984. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association Physics Teachers, American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society.
Connections
Married Georgia Hale, December 28, 1974. 1 child, David Holmes.
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Episcopalian