Background
Alter, Dinsmore was born on March 28, 1888 in Colfax, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Joseph and Jeannette (Copley) Alter.
Alter, Dinsmore was born on March 28, 1888 in Colfax, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Joseph and Jeannette (Copley) Alter.
Bachelor of Science, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1909. Master of Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 1910. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Calf., 1916.
Doctor of Science, Monmouth College, 1941.
Instructor and Adjunct Professor physics and astronomy, University of Alabama, 1911-1914. Instructor astronomy, University of California, 1914-1917. Assistant professor of astronomy, University of Kansas, 1917-1919, associate professor, 1919-1924, professor, 1924-1936.
Director Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, 1935-1958, director emeritus, 1958.
Served to major Central America, United States Army, World War I. Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, American Meteorological Society (vice president 1926-1927), American Geophysical Union, Institute of Mathematics Statistics, British Astronomical Association, Astronomical Society of Pacific, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society American Legion, Forty and Eight, Sigma Xi.
Married Ada McClelland, December 26, 1910. Children: Helen Jeannette, Dinsmore (deceased).