Dorrit Hoffleit Named Two-Time Cambridge Who's Who Professional of the Year in Astronomy Education.NEW HAVEN New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many , Conn. -- Dorrit Hoffleit, Ph.D., Senior Research Astronomer Emeritus of Yale University, was named Professional of the Year in Astronomy Education by Cambridge Who's Who for 2006-2007, the second year Hoffleit has been thus honored. The Cambridge Who's Who selection committee hand picks these special Who's Who honorees based on accomplishments, academic achievement, leadership, and service. Hoffleit, an authority on variable stars, astrometry astrometry: see astronomy. , and the history of astronomy Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious, mythological, and astrological practices of pre-history: vestiges of these are still found in astrology, a discipline long interwoven with public and governmental astronomy, and , began her career in 1929 as a research assistant at Harvard. She soon became an expert in determining the absolute brightness of stars. In 1943 she joined the Ballistic Research Lab at the Aberdeen Proving Ground Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County). The Army's oldest active proving ground, it was established on October 20, 1917, six months after the United States entered World War I. , where she computed missile trajectories. In 1956, Hoffleit went to Yale to run its star cataloging program. Hoffleit has authored numerous books, including The Bright Star Catalogue The Bright Star Catalogue, also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars or Yale Bright Star Catalogue, is a star catalogue that lists of all stars of stellar magnitude 6.5 or brighter, which is roughly every star visible to the naked eye. , on the 9,110 brightest stars in the sky, and Astronomy at Yale, 1701-1968. She has also produced hundreds of scholarly papers. Hoffleit, who is 99 years old, continues to write papers, review books and update The Bright Star Catalogue. Hoffleit received her Ph.D. in Astronomy from Radcliffe College (1938). Her awards include the George van Biesbroeck George A. Van Biesbroeck (or Georges-Achille Van Biesbroeck) (January 21 1880–February 23 1974) was a Belgian-American astronomer. He discovered the periodic comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck, as well as two non-periodic comets: C/1925 W1 (Van Biesbroeck 1) and C/1935 Award for lifetime service to astronomy and the American Astronomical Society-Annenberg Prize for science education. She was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, and Asteroid asteroid, planetoid, or minor planet, small body orbiting the sun. More than 10,000 asteroids have orbits sufficiently well known to have been cataloged and named; thousands more exist. Dorrit was named after her. She was recently honored at Yale University at a symposium celebrating her Centennial Year, 2006-2007. About Cambridge Who's Who The mission of Cambridge Who's Who is to ensure that Cambridge members receive recognition, support and credibility to advance their careers. Cambridge Who's Who is also committed to delivering the highest quality networking resource for job recruitment, career enhancement and new business development. Cambridge Who's Who members have exclusive access to the biographical information of more than 200,000 successful executives, professionals and entrepreneurs at www.cambridgewhoswho.com, where they use the database to share information, knowledge and services. Communication via the Cambridge Who's Who registry travels in two directions, enabling Cambridge Who's Who members to reach out when they have a business need or opportunity as well as receive information on exciting new ventures. |
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