Family
He married Nancy Lou Zissell; they had a daughter, Cynthia, and a son, Jonathan. He credits his mother for inspiring his interest in astronomy when she showed him an solar eclipse on September 10th 1942; that the date and time could be projected far in advance very much impressed him.
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“Views of women, on one side, as inwardly directed toward home and family and notions of men, on the other, as outwardly striving toward fame and fortune have resounded throughout literature and in the texts of history, biology, and psychology until they seem uncontestable. Such dichotomous views defy the complexities of individuals and stifle the potential for people to reveal different dimensions of themselves in various settings.”
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