Goldberg, Leonard D.

Died 1987.

From the description of Oral history interview with Leo Goldberg, 1978 May 16 to 1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79357855

Leo Goldberg (1913-1987), Astronomer. Astronomy Department at the University of Michigan (1946-1960); election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1958); chaired the Astronomy Department and Higgins Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University (1960-1971); Director of the Harvard College Observatory (1966-1971); Chair of NASA's Astronomy Missions Board (1967-1970); Director of Kitt Peak National Observatory (1971-1977): President of the International Astronomical Union; and the first incumbent of the Martin Marietta Chair of Space History at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1977.

From the description of Oral history interview with Leo Goldberg, 1983, February 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154303544

From the description of Oral History interview with Leo Goldberg, 1983A, August 9 and October 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305615

Leo Goldberg (1913-1987) was appointed in 1941 to the McMath-Hulbert Observatory at the University of Michigan, and became chairman of the astronomy department there in 1946, along with becoming director of the observatory. Goldberg was Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Harvard from 1960-1971 and director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1966-1971. In 1971, he became director of the National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona. There he remained until 1977, when he became the first incumbent of the Martin Marietta Chair of Space History at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

From the description of Papers of Leo Goldberg, 1933-1987 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76976761