Carl Edward Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan was born on November 9th, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York to Samuel Stanley Sagan (1905 - 1979) and Rachel Molly Gruber (1906 - 1982). He had one sister, Carol. Carl E. Sagan married Lynn Alexander, a biologist, on June 14th, 1957 in Cook County Illinois. They had two sons, Jeremy and Dorion, and divorced in 1964. He married again, to Linda Salzman, an artist, in April of 1968 and they had one son, Nick, divorcing in 1981. In 1981, Carl married for the third time, marrying Ann Druyan. They had two children, Alexandra "Sasha" and Samuel Sagan. They remained married until Carl died. A highly educated man with a quick and nimble mind, Carl Sagan did all he could to share his enthusiasm for science with the general public. In addition to teaching as a professor at the college level, this lead to his PBS series "Cosmos' and an unsuccessful book publishing company, as well as his writing of numerous books. He inspired such luminaries as 'Bill Nye, the science guy" and Neil deGrasse Tyson, who today carry on his vision and enthusiasm for science. See a catalogue of his degrees at Carl Edward Sagan: Early Life & Education. Carl died of a blood cancer, myelodysplasia, after living with it for two years and after having three bone marrow transplants - the marrow was donated by his sister. He eventually died from pneumonia at the age of 62 on December 20th, 1996 in Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. Carl was buried in Lake View Cemetery in Ithaca, New York. See Carl Edward Sagan: Obituary for a list of his extensive scientific accomplishments as well as more about Carl's personal life.