Arne August Wyller

Background

Wyller, Arne August was born on March 10, 1927 in Paris. Son of Anders Platou and Anne Marie (Strindberg) Wyller.

Education

Master of Arts, U. Oslo, 1949; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955; D. Philosophy, Oslo U., 1961.

Career

Teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949-1953; instructor, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1953-1956; assistant professor, Swarthmore College, 1957-1959; research physicist, Air Force Cambridge Research laboratories, Beford, Massachusetts, 1959-1961; research and tutorial fellow, Oslo U., 1961-1965; senior research fellow, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatory, Pasadena, California, 1963-1964; associate professor, Oslo U., 1965-1966; professor, Bartol Research Foundation, Swarthmore, 1966-1972; academic professor, Royal Swedish Academy Sciences, Stockholm, since 1972. Director Academy Solar Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands, since 1972. Co-creator South Pole Solar Observatory, 1979-1980.

Member international county Observatory Roque de losMuchachos, since 1979, president, 1981-1983. Vice president Large Earthbased Solar Telescope Foundation, 1983-1986. Co-organizer inaugural workshop and roundtable discussions Deutschland-Espana-Sverige Telescope Installations, CanaryIslands, 1986.

Achievements

• Arne August Wyller has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, European Science Foundation (standing commission on astronomy), Swedish Space Research Committee, Royal SwedishAcad. Science, Norwegian Academy Science.

Connections

Married Ingerid Ditlev-Simonsen, April 12, 1927 (divorced 1977). Children: Unni, Sonia, Elin, Marianne. Stepchildren: Eric, Roy, Bruce.

Married Veronica Neumark, January 8, 1931.

Father:

Anders Platou Wyller

Mother:

Anne Marie (Strindberg) Wyller

Spouse:

Veronica Neumark

Spouse:

Ingerid Ditlev-Simonsen

child:

Unni Wyller

child:

Marianne Wyller

child:

Eric Wyller

child:

Sonia Wyller

child:

Bruce Wyller

child:

Elin Wyller

child:

Roy Wyller