Background
Massevitch, Alla Genrikhovna was born on October 9, 1918 in Tbilissi, Georgia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Daughter of Caesar Henrik and Natalie (Zhgenti) Massevitch.
Massevitch, Alla Genrikhovna was born on October 9, 1918 in Tbilissi, Georgia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Daughter of Caesar Henrik and Natalie (Zhgenti) Massevitch.
Diploma in Astrophysics, Moscow University, 1942. Doctor of Theoretical Astrophysics, Moscow University, 1945.
Professor, of Astrophysics Moscow University 1946-1948, Professor since 1948. Vice-President Astronomical Council, Soviet Academy, of Sciences 1952-1988, Chief Scientific Researcher. In charge of optical (visual, photographic and laser ranging) tracking of Soviet space vehicles since 1988.
Chairman Working Group I, Committee Space Research (COSPAR) 1961-1966. Vice-President Commission 44 JAU (Extraterrestrial Astronomy) 1961-1967. President Commission 35 JAU (Internal Structure of Stars) 1967-1970.
Deputy Secretary-General UNISPACE -1982, President, of Section Satellite Tracking for Geodesy, Inter-Cosmos Co-operation 1968-1989. Vice-President Institute for SovietAmerican Relations 1967. Vice-President Board Soviet Peace Committee 1967.
Author: Physics and Evolution of Stars, 3 vols., 1972, 81, 88, Observations of Satellites for Geodesy, 1979. Associate editor Astrophysics and Space Science, since 1985.Member editorial board Astrophysics Journal, since 1984. Contributor numerous articles to science journals.
132 papers on internal structure of stars, stellar evolution and optical tracking of satellites, mainly in Astronomical Journal of the USSR, Publications of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and Scientific Information of the Astronomical Council since 1945.
Vice president Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Peace Committee, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics-United States Friendship Society. Fellow British Royal Astronomical Society 1963, Indian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences (correspondent). Member International Academy Astronautics (vice president International Astronomical Union commission on extraterrestrial astronomy 1964-1967, president commission on internal structure of stars 1967-1970, president committee for space science 1983-1986).
Married Joseph Friedlander, 1942. 1 child, Natalie.