Topeka West High School (10-12, 1966-1969), Topeka, KS
College: University of Kansas (1969-1973): B.A. 1972 (English and
Mathematics), Lawrence, KS
Graduate School: Princeton University (1973-1977): Ph.D. 1977 (Physics), specializing in Astrophysics, Princeton, NJ
Post-doctoral research: Caltech, in Kip Thorne's Theoretical Astrophysics Group (1977-1979), Pasadena, CA
Jobs: Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, Pasadena, CA:
Seasat 1979-1982, Data Reduction and Analysis for Scanning
Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR)
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)
- InfraRed Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) 1982-1992
- Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) 1992-5/1999 fulltime, now working 20% on 2MASS in "retirement"
Married: Deborah Ann Welch, 18 September 1976, in Princeton, NJ
Child: Scott Paul Chester, born 5 March 1982
Divorced: December 1987, in Pasadena, CA
Married: Susan Kay Whitten, 5 June 1990, in Anaehoomalu Bay, Waikoloa, Hawaii
Child: Matthew Ray Chester, born 17 March 1991
Addresses at which I have lived for at least one year:
Current: 1802 Acacia Lane
Fallbrook, CA 92028-9561
1951-1955: 123 North Clay
Topeka, KS
1955-1959: 1616 Webster
Topeka, KS
1959-1969: 2150 Indian Trail
Topeka, KS 66614
1969-1970: Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity
2021 Stewart Rd
Lawrence, KS
1970-1973: 733 Missouri
Lawrence, KS
1973-1974: Graduate College
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
1974-1975: 29 Murray Place
Princeton, NJ
1975-1976: 69 Lillie
Princeton Junction, NJ
1976-1977: Lawrenceville Apartments
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
1977-1979: 339 S. Catalina #114
Pasadena, CA
1979-1994: 1169 Meadowbrook
Altadena, CA 91001
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Last Updated: 19 October 1999