Background
Struve, Otto was born on August 12, 1897 in Kharkov, Russia. Son of Ludwig and Elisabeth (Grohmann) Struve.
Struve, Otto was born on August 12, 1897 in Kharkov, Russia. Son of Ludwig and Elisabeth (Grohmann) Struve.
Student Michael Artillery School, Petrograd, Russia, 1916-1917. Diploma of First Rank, University of Kharkov, 1919. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1923.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Case School Applied Science, 1939, University of Pennsylvania, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy., (honorary), Copenhagen, 1946, U. Mexico, 1951. Honorary Doctor of Science, Liege U., 1949.
Wesleyan University, 1960. D. Phil., Kiel U., 1960.
Came to America, 1921, naturalized, 1927. Assistant in astronomy, Yerkes Observatory, 1921-1923, instructor, 1924-1927, assistant professor, 1927-1930, associate professor, 1930-1932, assistant director, 1931-1932, director 1932-1947, chairman and honorary director, 1947-1950. Professor astrophysics, University of Chicago, 1932-1947, Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service professor, 1946-1950.
Director McDonald Observatory of University of Texas, 1932-1947, honorary director, 1947-1950, chairman astronomy department, 1947-1949. Professor of astrophysics, department chairman director Leuschner Observatory University of California at Berkeley 1950-1959. Director National Rario Astronomy Observatory, since 1959.
Editor: The Astrophysical Journal, 1932-1947. Fellow International Education Board, Mount Wilson Observatory, 1926. Guggenheim Foundation fellow, Cambridge (England) U., 1928.
Trustee Associated Universities of New York, 1957-1959, Associated Universities Incorporated of New York, 1959.
There is no conclusive logical argument for the existence of God. His existence is continuously debated.
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.
Served as Lieutenant in Imperial Russian Army, 1916-1917. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Astronomical Society (president, 1946), Astronomical Society of Pacific (president 1951), American Physical Society, Wisconsin, California academics science, American Academy Arts and Science, Sigma Xi, International Astronomical Union (president, 1952-1955), Amsterdam, Stockholm and Oslo Acads., Uppsala Society Sciences, Society Astr. de France, Astr.
Gesellschaft; member Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, Academy Science, Copenhagen, Haarlem (Holland) Society of Sciences. Member Royal Astronomical Society (England). Member Royal Society London, Edinburgh.
Member Royal Astr. Society Canada.
Married Mary Lanning, May 21, 1925.