| Robert Jastrow Born: 7-Sep-1925
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 8-Feb-2008
Location of death: Arlington, VA
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Gender: Male
Religion: Agnostic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Astronomer, Author Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Red Giants and White Dwarfs Father: Abraham Jastrow (car salesman)
Mother: Marie Grünfeld (b. 10-Jun-1897)
Wife: Ruth Witenberg (m. 1967, div.)
High School: Townsend Harris High School, Queens, NY
University: BA, Columbia University
University: MA, Columbia University
University: PhD Theoretical Physics, Columbia University (1948)
Professor: Yale University (1953-54)
Professor: Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College (1981-92)
Professor: Columbia University
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (Director, 1961-81)
Naval Research Laboratory
American Astronautical Society Fellow
American Meteorological Society
Center for the Study of Science and Religion Physical Science Advisory Board
Council on Foreign Relations
Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee
Institute for Advanced Study
National Association of Scholars Board of Advisors
National Space Society Board of Governors
Camp: Rising Sun
Serbian Ancestry Maternal
Author of books:
Red Giants and White Dwarfs: The Evolution of Stars, Planets and Life (1967)
Until the Sun Dies (1977)
God And The Astronomers (1978)
The Enchanted Loom: Mind in the Universe (1981)
Journey to the Stars: Space Exploration -- Tomorrow and Beyond (1990)
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