Edward Carroll Stone ( Edward (Ed) Carroll Stone ; genus. , ) - American physicist , an expert in the field of astronautics. Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (1984) and the American Philosophical Society (1993), Ph.D. (1964), employee of the California Institute of Technology, named professor and (from 2004) the vice-provost of which consists, in 1991-2001. He was director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He was awarded the National Medal of the United States (1991), winner of the Shao Award (2019).
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At the University of Chicago, he received a master's degree (1959) and a Ph.D. in physics (1964). Then he entered Caltech as a fello researcher, since 1967 his full-time employee (assistant professor, associate since 1971, full professor since 1976, nominal ( David Morrisroe Professor ) since 1994). Since 1972, the research associate of the NASA Voyager program, led by JPL, has received first fame thanks to its activities related to this program. Since 1991, the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), resigned in April 2001. Currently working full-time in Caltech, where he teaches and conducts research. He was director of the .
In 2003—2009 President of the International Academy of Astronautics .
Author of more than a thousand works.
Awards and honors
- Magellanic Premium of the American Philosophical Society (1992)
- (1999)
- Philip J. Klass Award for Lifetime Achievement (2007)
- NASA Medal "For Outstanding Service" (2013)
- IAF World Space Award (2013) [1]
- (2014)
- Lifetime Achievement Award, (2014) [2]
- Alumni Medal University of Chicago (2015)
- Shao Prize (2019) [3]
Honorary Doctor of Harvard, University of Washington, University of Chicago, etc.
In 1996, asteroid No. 5841 was named in his honor.