Background
Horn, Hugh M. Van was born on March 5, 1938 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Dix and Virginia Elizabeth (Moody) Van Horn.
Horn, Hugh M. Van was born on March 5, 1938 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Dix and Virginia Elizabeth (Moody) Van Horn.
Bachelor of Science, Case Institute of Technology, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1965.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration predoctoral traninee Cornell University, Ithaca, 1963-1965. Research associate University Rochester, 1965-1967, assistant professor, 1967-1973, associate professor, 1973-1977, professor, 1977-1996, chairman department physics and astronomy, 1980-1986, acting associate dean College Arts and Sciences, 1987-1989, acting chairman department physics and astronomy, 1992-1993, adjunct professor, 1996—2005, professor emeritus, since 2005. Shapley lecturer American Astronomical Society, 1981-1995.
Director division astronomical science National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, 1993-2000, senior science advisor Directorate Mathematics Physical Science, 2000—2002, director national facilities division materials research, 2002—2004. Retired, 2004
Visiting fellow Joint Institute Laboratory Astrophysics, 1973—1974. Senior scientist Laboratory Laser Energetics, 1985—1996.
Visiting professor University Texas, 1987. Visiting investigator department terrace magnetism Carnegie Institute Washington, 2000—2002. Principal investigator National Aeronautics and Space Administration and National Science Foundation grants.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union.
Married Mary Susan Boon, September 17, 1960. Children: Kathleen Susan, Mary Margaret, Michael Hugh George.