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. He is Chair of the Giant Magellan Telescope Board of Directors.
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.
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).