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Archival as SubjectPublished as SubjectLouis G. Henyey
Dates
February 3, 1910 – February 18, 1970
Authorized Form of Name
Henyey, Louis G., 1910-1970
Biography
Abstract
Louis George Henyey was Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley (1947-1970). Other institutional affiliations included Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago and Columbia University. His research interests included star structure and interstellar matter.
Important Dates
February 3, 1910Birth, McKees Rocks (Pa.).
1932Obtained BS, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland (Ohio).
1933Obtained MS, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland (Ohio).
1934 – 1940Graduate Student and Assistant Astrophysicist (1934-1937) and Instructor (1937-1940), Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1937Obtained PhD in Astronomy, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1940 – 1941Guggenheim Fellow, Columbia University.
1942 – 1947Assistant Professor, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1947 – 1970Assistant Professor of Astronomy (1947-1948); Associate Professor of Astronomy (1948-1954); Professor of Astronomy (1954-1970); Director, Computer Center (1957-1960); Director, Leuschner Observatory (1959-1964); and Chair, Department of Astronomy (1959-1964), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1951 – 1952Research Associate, Princeton University.
1968Member, National Academy of Sciences.
February 18, 1970Death, Berkeley (Calif.).
Occupation
Astrophysicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Henyey, Albert
Father.
Henyey, Elizabeth Maryrose
Daughter.
Henyey, Elizabeth Rose Belak
Wife, married in 1934.
Henyey, Francis Stephen
Son.
Henyey, Mary
Mother.
Henyey, Thomas L. (Thomas Louis)
Son.
Colleagues
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Yerkes Observatory.
Ross, Frank E. (Frank Elmore), 1874-1960
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Additional
Babcock, Horace W.
Greenstein, Jesse L. (Jesse Leonard), 1909-2002
King, Ivan R.
Kippenhahn, Rudolf, 1926-
Morgan, W. W. (William Wilson), 1906-1994
Osterbrock, Donald E.
Reaves, Gibson, 1923-2005
Shane, Charles Donald, 1895-1983
Spinrad, Hyron, 1934-
Wesselink, Adriaan Jan, 1909-1995
Institutions
Major Positions
Princeton University. Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Research Associate.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Astronomy
Assistant Professor of Astronomy; Associate Professor of Astronomy; Professor of Astronomy; Director, Computer Center; Director, Leuschner Observatory; and Chair, Department of Astronomy.
University of Chicago. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Obtained PhD in Astronomy (1937). Instructor; and Assistant Professor.
Yerkes Observatory
Graduate Student; Assistant Astrophysicist; and Assistant Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Case School of Applied Science
Obtained BS (1932) and MS (1933).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Gibson Reaves notes on lectures by Louis G. Henyey, 1947-1950.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Adriaan J. Wesselink, 1977 September 23 and 1978 June 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Charles Donald Shane, 1978 July 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Donald E. Osterbrock, 1982 January 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Horace W. Babcock, 1977 July 25.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Hyron Spinrad, 1977 July 19.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Ivan Robert King, 1977 July 18 and 20 July 1978.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Jesse Leonard Greenstein, 1974 July 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Jesse Leonard Greenstein, 1982 February 25, and March 16 and 23.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with Rudolf Kippenhahn, 1978 June 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with W. W. Morgan, 1978 August 8 and 9.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
"Louis George Henyey: 1910-1970", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences