Eggen, Olin Jeuck (1919 - 1998)

Chronology

1940	Science degree completed at the University of Wisconsin, USA
c. 1940 - c. 1945	War service with the US armed forces. Scientific Liaison to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
1948	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Wisconsin
1949 - 1956	Assistant Astronomer at Lick Observatory, USA
1956 - 1961	Chief Assistant to the Royal Astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK
1961 - 1966	Professor of Astronomy at Caltech and Staff Astronomer at the Hale Observatories, USA
1966 - 1977	Director of the Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory and Head of the Department of Astronomy at the Australian National University in Canberra
1977 -	Astronomer at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, USA

• Freeman, Ken ?, 'Obituary: Emeritus Professor Olin Jeuck Eggen', Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Annual Report, 1998, http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/annualReport/1998/03_obituary.html. [ Details ]
• Suntzeff, Nick, 'A Remembrance of Olin Eggen - 1919-1998', The National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter, vol. 56, 1998, http://www.noao.edu/noao/noaonews/dec98/node6.html. [ Details ]