Career
- Special airborne services in Europe and Far East, 1944-1948.
- B.Sc. astronomy and physics, Leiden University 1951.
- Ph.D. astronomy and astrophysics, Univ. of Chicago, 1956.
- Professor of Planetary Sciences and Astronomy, Univ. of Arizona, 1961–2011.
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