Taft E. Armandroff

Taft E. Armandroff
Education	Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut (BA in Astronomy) Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut (MS, MPhil & PhD Astronomy)
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	University of Texas at Austin
Website	mcdonald.utexas.edu/directory/taft-armandroff

Taft E. Armandroff is an American astronomer, currently director of McDonald Observatory, a professor and the Frank and Susan Bash Endowed Chair, at the University of Texas at Austin.^[1][2][3][4] He is Vice Chair of the Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors.^[5]

Education

He received a B.A. in Astronomy (with High Honors) from Wesleyan University in 1982; an M.S. in Astronomy from Yale University in 1984; an M. Phil. in Astronomy from Yale University in 1985; and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Yale University in 1988.^[4]

Awards

His awards and honors include: Sturm Memorial Lecturer, Wesleyan University (2009); Distinguished Alumnus Award, Wesleyan University (2007); AURA Science Award, (1999); Dirk Brouwer Prize for a Contribution of Unusual Merit to Astronomy, Yale University (1988); Littell Prize in Astronomy, Wesleyan University (1982).^[4]

References

1. "Faculty". utexas.edu. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
2. "CV" (PDF). utexas.edu. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
3. "Leading Astronomer Taft Armandroff Appointed Director of UT's McDonald Observatory". utexas.edu. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
4. "UT CNS Directory: Taft Armandroff". cns.utexas.edu. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
5. "GMT Leadership". giantmagellan.org. Retrieved 22 October 2025.