William Charles Priedhorsky

Background

Priedhorsky, William Charles was born on October 17, 1952 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Frantisek and Mary Lucille (Ponton) Priedhorsky.

Education

Bachelor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1978.

Career

Staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1978; Max Planck fellow, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, 1985-1986; Lyle fellow, U. Melbourne, Australia, 1994-1995. Visiting professor Danish Space Research Institute, Lyngby, 1994. Member National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Station Science and Applications Advisory Subcommittee, 1988-1989, High Energy Astrophysics Management Operations Working Group, 1990-1992.

Achievements

• William Charles Priedhorsky has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Astronomical Society, Los Alamos Mountaineers (past president).

Connections

Married Barbara Jo Royer, December 21, 1975 (divorced December 1989). 1 child, Reid Royer; married Melissa Ann Bartlett, June 27, 1993. 1 child, Peter Bartlett.

Father:

Frantisek Priedhorsky

Mother:

Mary Lucille (Ponton) Priedhorsky

Spouse:

Barbara Jo Royer

Spouse:

Melissa Ann Bartlett

child:

Peter Bartlett Priedhorsky

child:

Reid Royer Priedhorsky