Obituary from Caltech for Edward C. Stone, Caltech's David Morrisroe Professor of Physics, Emeritus.
Project scientist for the Voyager missions. Held the role for 50 years until 2022.
Director of JPL - 1991 to 2001.
Principal investigator on 9 NASA spacecraft missions and coinvestigator on 5 more.
Established W. M. Keck Observatory, Space Radiation Lab, LIGO, and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
Truly a multi-faceted giant in the field.
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/edward-stone-1936-2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_C._Stone
1/n