Was not a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
[1] Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
Father: Sam Sagan (d. 1979, lung cancer)
Mother: Rachel Molly Gruber
Sister: Cari Sagan Greene
Wife: Lynn Margulis (m. Jun-1957)
Wife: Linda Salzmann (m. Apr-1968)
Wife: Ann Druyan (m. Jun-1981)
Son: Dorion
Son: Jeremy
Son: Nicholas
Daughter: Sasha
Son: Sam
High School: Rahway High School, Rahway, NJ (1951)
University: BS Physics, University of Chicago (1955)
University: MS Physics, University of Chicago (1956)
University: PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago (1960)
Professor: Harvard University (1962)
Professor: Cornell University (1971)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Astronautical Society Fellow
American Astronomical Society
American Geophysical Union
American Philosophical Society 1995
American Physical Society
Children's Health Fund Advisory Board
CSICOP
Council for a Livable World
Council on Foreign Relations
Federation of American Scientists
Guggenheim Foundation
International Academy of Humanism Laureate
Planetary Society Cofounder
Peabody 1980 for Cosmos
Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction 1978 for The Dragons of Eden
Oersted Medal 1990
Emmy Outstanding individual achievement for Cosmos, 1981
Emmy Outstanding Informational Series for Cosmos, 1981
Hugo 1981 for Cosmos
Hugo 1997 for The Demon-Haunted World
Hugo 1998 for Contact
Humanist of the Year 1981
Austrian Ancestry Maternal
Ukrainian Ancestry Paternal
Jewish Ancestry
Asteroid Namesake 2709 Sagan
Risk Factors: Marijuana
Official Website:
http://www.carlsagan.com/
Author of books:
Planetary Exploration (1970, nonfiction)
The Cosmic Connection (1973)
The Dragons of Eden (1977, nonfiction)
Broca's Brain (1979, nonfiction)
Contact (1985, novel)
Nuclear Winter (1985)
The Demon-Haunted World (1996, essays)