Edward C. Stone
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Edward Carroll Stone (born January 23, 1936)[1] is an American space scientist, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, and former director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).[2][3]
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Born | Edward Carroll Stone January 23, 1936 (1936-01-23) (age 88) Knoxville, Iowa, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Chicago (M.S., Ph.D.) |
Occupation(s) | professor, physicist |
Years active | 1972-2022 |
Known for | JPL director and Voyager scientist |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Low energy cosmic-ray protons (1964) |
Doctoral advisor | John Alexander Simpson |
Doctoral students | Neil Gehrels |
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