E. Dorrit Hoffleit, Ph.D. Remembered by Cambridge Who’s Who for her Contributions to the Field of Astronomy
April 23rd, 2007
NEW YORK-April 19, 2007 – E. Dorrit Hoffleit, Ph.D. (March 12, 1907 – April 9, 2007) was a world-renowned astronomer, and an expert on variable stars, astrometry, and the history of astronomy. She wrote The Bright Star Catalogue, a compendium of information on the 9,110 brightest stars in the sky. Now in its fifth revision, her work on the catalogue remains a valuable reference to astronomers. She also co-authored The General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes, which contains precise distance measurements to 8,112 stars. In 1988, minor planet 3416 was named “Dorrit” in her honor.
E. Dorrit Hoffleit began her astronomical career in 1929 as a research assistant at Harvard University’s Observatory and soon became an expert at spectroscopically determining the absolute brightness of stars. In 1943, she joined the Ballistic Research Lab at Aberdeen Proving Ground where she computed missile trajectories. In 1956, after 25 years at Harvard, Dr. Hoffleit went to Yale to run its star cataloging program. She was also director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, from 1957-1978. Under her mentorship, 11 women in the observatory’s summer research program went on to earn doctorate degrees in astronomy, and collectively they discovered over 1,000 new variable stars.
During her career, Hoffleit wrote hundreds of articles on astronomy. In 1988, she was awarded the George Van Biesbroeck Prize for a lifetime of service to astronomy. In 1993, she was the recipient of the Annenberg Award for Science Education. In 1998, she was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.
E. Dorrit Hoffleit received her D.Sc. from Central Connecticut State University (1998); D.Sc., from Smith College (1984); Ph.D. in astronomy from Radcliffe College (1938) and her bachelor of arts in mathematics, cum laude, from Radcliffe College (1928).
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Dr. Lubomyr Romankiw named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year representing Essential Innovations
April 23rd, 2007
Dr. Lubomyr Romankiw named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year representing Essential Innovations
Yorktown Heights, NY…April 23, 2007– Dr. Lubomyr Romankiw, Fellow and Executive of IBM T.J. Watson Research Center has been named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year representing Essential Innovations.
While inclusion in Cambridge Who’s Who is an honor, only one member in each discipline is named the Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year. The Cambridge Who’s Who selection committee picks these special Who’s Who honorees based on accomplishments, academic achievement, leadership, and service.
Romankiw is a life-long researcher whose work on patents led to the use of magnetic thin-film storage heads in commercial products. This innovation greatly increased the storage density of magnetic recording heads, and is employed in today’s most advanced products. Romankiw is also listed as an inventor or co-inventor on more than 57 U.S. patents and over 120 published inventions. He has authored 150 papers and edited 10 volumes of technical symposia.
Romankiw earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 1962. He is the recipient of the Perkin Medal from Societies of Chemical Industries (1993), the Vittorio de Nora Medal from the Electrochemical Society (1994), the IEEE Morris A. Lieberman Award, the Inventor of the Year Award from Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association (2000), and Inventor of the Year Award from the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (2001). Romankiw received 13 Outstanding Invention and Contribution Awards from IBM and 25 Invention Achievement Awards.
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David Burstein, Ph.D. named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year in Astronomy and Astrophysics
April 19th, 2007
David Burstein, Ph.D. named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Tempe, AZ …April 19, 2007 — David Burstein, Ph.D., Professor of Arizona State University has been named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year in Astronomy and Astrophysics. While inclusion in Cambridge Who’s Who is an honor, only one member in each discipline is named the Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year. The Cambridge Who’s Who selection committee hand picks these special Who’s Who honorees based on accomplishments, academic achievement, leadership, and service.
Burstein has an impressive background in astronomy and astrophysics. As professor of Arizona State University, he teaches and research on galaxies, star population cosmology, and general clusters. His work ranges from studies of stars and the distribution of dust in our own galaxy, to the stellar populations of other galaxies, to the physical structures of galaxies, to the large-scale structure of the universe as defined by galaxies.
Burstein received his Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1978, and his bachelor of arts in physics from Wesleyan University in 1969. Burstein is former president of Academic Assembly at Arizona State University, fellow of World Innovation Foundation and a member of American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of the Pacific and International Astronomy Union. He speaks publicly on research-related subjects, and is one of seven authors of “21st Century Astronomy.” Burstein was awarded the Medal of Freedom from the American Biographical Institute.
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