William Grant Tifft

Background

Tifft, William Grant was born on April 5, 1932 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Charles and Marguerite Howe (Hubbell) Tifft.

Education

AB, Harvard College, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1958.

Career

National science postdoctoral, Australian National U., Canberra, 1958-1960; research associate, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1960-1961; astronomer, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1961-1964; associate professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1964-1973; professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1973.

Achievements

• William Grant Tifft has been listed as a noteworthy Astronomer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Astronomical Society. Member International Astronomical Union.

Connections

Married Carol Ruth Nordquist, June 1, 1957 (divorced July 1964). Children: Jennifer, William John. Married Janet Ann Lindner Homewood, June 2, 1965.

1 child, Amy, stepchildren: Patricia, Susan, Hollis.

Father:

William Charles Tifft

Mother:

Marguerite Howe (Hubbell) Tifft

Spouse:

Janet Ann Lindner Homewood

Spouse:

Carol Ruth Nordquist

child:

Patricia Tifft

child:

William John Tifft

child:

Hollis Tifft

child:

Susan Tifft

child:

Jennifer Tifft