Herbert Jesse Rood

Background

Rood, Herbert Jesse was born on April 22, 1937 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Howard Edson and Anna Mae (Saranko).

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1965.

Career

Stockwell postdoctoral research fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1965; assistant professor astronomy, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1965-1972; member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1972-1973; long-term visiting member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, since 1980; associate professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1973-1976. Research fellow Institute Theoretical Astronomy, Cambridge, England, 1972. Vis.rsch. associate Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B.C., Canada, 1978.

Achievements

• Achievements include quantification (with others) of the mass and time-scale discrepancy of systems of galaxies. Co-identification of Comaand Hercules superclusters and voids in the space distribution of galaxies. Co-development of Rood-Sastry classification scheme describing structures of galaxy clusters.
  
  Derivation of kinematic and dendrogram information from separation vectors of galaxy clusters.

Membership

Member International Astronomical Union.

Connections

Married Diana Lee Barrie, May 28, 1985.

Father:

Howard Edson Rood

Mother:

Anna Mae (Saranko) Rood

Spouse:

Diana Lee Barrie