Community of Scholars Profile

Osterbrock, Donald

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

Type	Affiliation	Start Date	End Date
[M]	Math(NS)	9/2/1960	6/26/1961
[M]	NatSci	9/1/1982	6/30/1983
[M]	NatSci	9/1/1989	6/30/1990

Year of Death: 2007

Field of Study while at IAS: Astrophysics
Home institution while at IAS: University of California, Santa Cruz

Past and Other Appointments

Appointment	Organization	Start Year	End Year
Chair	Historical Astronomy Division (of A.A.S)	1987	1989

Degrees

Degree	Year	Institution
Ph.D.	1952	University of Chicago

Honors

Description	Year
Hans Lippershey Medal, Antique Telescope Society	1998
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, Astronomical Society of the Pacific	1991