Education:
- B. A. Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1970)
- M. A. Physics, Princeton University (1972)
- Ph. D. Physics, Princeton University (1974)
Honorary Societies:
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1990)
- National Academy of Sciences (1992)
Honors:
- Newcomb-Cleveland Prize (1989)
- MacArthur Fellowship (1990)
- Klopsteg Memorial Award (1996)
- Magellanic Premium (2008)
- James Craig Watson Medal (2010)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (2010)
- Lilienfeld Prize (2013)
- Schwarzschild Medal (2014)