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Donald Menzel becomes director of Harvard College Observatory

Name: Donald Menzel becomes director of Harvard College Observatory
Start: 1952
Location: Cambridge, MA

When: 1952
Where: Cambridge, MA
Sources: 1 public source

Donald Menzel, who led the Harvard College Observatory from 1952 to 1966 The original uploader was Fdavis99 at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Astrophysicist Donald Menzel became head of the Harvard College Observatory, acting director from 1952 and director from 1954 until 1966. A National Academy of Sciences memoir credits his analysis of UFO reports with helping debunk claims of extraterrestrial visits.

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OfficialDonald Howard Menzel, 1901-1976 (Biographical Memoirs, Volume 60) (opens in a new tab)National Academy of Sciences (National Academies Press) / 1991

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