Pieces of the Past from Michigan Astronomy
DIRECTOR 1962-70 Orren Cuthbert Mohler was born on July 29, 1908 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He received his A.B. in 1929 from Michigan Normal College (now Eastern Michigan), and he earned an M.A. in 1930 and Ph.D. in 1933 from the University of Michigan. From 1933 to 1940, Mohler taught astronomy at Swarthmore College, and worked […]
The text below was originally written by Dave Snyder and appeared in the University Lowbrow Astronomers’ newsletter Reflections in December, 1998. The 2002 revision of the story was published on the Lowbrow’s website. Henry Tappan (first president of the University of Michigan) wanted the University to have an observatory. He solicited funds from some citizens
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DIRECTOR Detroit Observatory 1970-82 Born in 1914, Hiltner received his Bachelors of Science in 1937 from the University of Toledo. He received his Masters degree in 1938, was a Rackham Fellow in 1941, and received his Ph.D. degree in 1942 from the University of Michigan. He joined the faculty at the University of Chicago in
