Gerard Van Hoven

Background

Hoven, Gerard Van was born on November 23, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Aaron and Josephine (Hoppenjans) Van Hoven.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, California Institute Technology, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Mathematics, Stanford University, 1963.

Career

Research physicist, Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University, California, 1963-1968; professor and principal investigator, department physics, University of California, Irvine, since 1968. Consultant General Electric Microwave Laboratory, 1963-1966, Varian Association, 1966-1968, SmithsonianAstrophys. Observatory, 1975, Aerospace Corporation, 1975, 77, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1979-1981, 89;visiting scientist Harvard-Smithsonian Observatory, 1975.

Visiting professor Institute Astronomy, U. Florence, Italy, 1976, 81-82, 88.

Achievements

• Gerard Van Hoven has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union, International Astronomical Union.

Connections

Married Barbara Hoxie, December 29, 1956. Children: Enid Adriana Van Hoven Brock, Ian Aaron.

Father:

Aaron Hoven

Mother:

Josephine (Hoppenjans) Van Hoven

Spouse:

Barbara Hoxie

child:

Enid Adriana Van Hoven Brock Hoven

child:

Ian Aaron Hoven