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Roemer, Elizabeth Daughter of Richard Quirin and Elsie Roemer.
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Elizabeth Roemer
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Elizabeth Roemer, American Astronomer, educator. Recipient Dorothea Klumpke Roberts prize University of California at Berkeley, 1950,Mademoiselle Merit award, 1959; asteroid (1657) named Roemera, 1965;Benjamin Apthorp Gould prize National Academy Sciences, 1971; National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special award, 1986.
Education
Bachelor with honors, University of California, Berkeley, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy (Lick Observatory fellow), University of California, Berkeley, 1955.
Career
Teacher adult class, Oakland public schools, 1950-1952;
lab technician, University of California at Mount Hamilton, 1954-1955;
graduate research astronomer, University of California at Berkeley, 1955-1956;
research associate Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, 1956;
astronomer, United States Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1957-1966;
associate professor department astronomy, also in lunar and planetary laboratory, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1966-1969;
professor, U. Arizona, 1969-1997;
professor emerita, since 1997;
astronomer, Steward Observatory, 1980-1997;
astronomer emerita, Steward Observatory, since 1997. Chairman working group on orbits and ephemerides of comets commission 20 International Astronomical Union, 1964-1979, 85-88, vice president committee 20, 1979-1982, president, 1982-1985, vice president commission 6, 1973-1976, 85-88, president, 1976-1979, 88-91. Member of advisory panels Office Naval Research, National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Researcher and author numerous publications on astrometry and astrophysics of comets and minor planets including 79 recoveries of returning periodic comets, visual and spectroscopic binary stars, computation of orbits ofcomets and minor planets.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1966-1969, 72-73), Royal Astronomical Society (London). Member American Astronomical Society (program visiting professors astronomy 1960-1975, council 1967-1970, chairman division dynamical astronomy 1974), Astronomical Society Pacific (publications committee 1962-1973, Comet medal committee 1968-1974, Donohoe lecturer 1962), International Astronomical Union, American Geophysical Union, British Astronomical Association Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
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American
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Recipient Dorothea Klumpke Roberts prize University of California at Berkeley, 1950,Mademoiselle Merit award, 1959. Asteroid (1657) named Roemera, 1965;Benjamin Apthorp Gould prize National Academy Sciences, 1971. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special award, 1986.Recipient Dorothea Klumpke Roberts prize University of California at Berkeley, 1950,Mademoiselle Merit award, 1959. Asteroid (1657) named Roemera, 1965;Benjamin Apthorp Gould prize National Academy Sciences, 1971. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special award, 1986.