Background
Arp, Halton Christian was born on March 21, 1927 in New York City. Son of August C. and Anita C. (Cryst) Arp.
Arp, Halton Christian was born on March 21, 1927 in New York City. Son of August C. and Anita C. (Cryst) Arp.
AB, Harvard College, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1953.
Astronomer, Carnegie Institution of Washington, District of Columbia, 1957-1985; astronomer, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, Germany, since 1985.
Member Congress Racial Equality, Pasadena, 1965. Chairman Federation American Scientists Los Angeles chapter, 1970-1973. With United States Navy, 1945-1946.
Member International Astronomical Union (working group chairman 1988-1992), American Astronomical Society (past councilor, Helen Warner prize 1958), Astronomical Society Pacific (president 1980-1983).
Married Susanna Bixby Dakin, 1970 (divorced 1982). Children: Kristana, Alissa, Andrice. Married Marie-Helene DeMoulin, January 19, 1984.
1 child, Delphine.