Background
Strand, Kaj Aage was born on February 27, 1907 in Hellerup, Denmark. Came to the United States, 1938. Son of Viggo Peter and Constance (Malmgren) Strand.
Strand, Kaj Aage was born on February 27, 1907 in Hellerup, Denmark. Came to the United States, 1938. Son of Viggo Peter and Constance (Malmgren) Strand.
Bachelor of Arts Copenhagen, 1931. Master of Science, University Copenhagen, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Copenhagen, 1938.
Geodesist Royal Geodetic Institute, Copenhagen, 1931-1933. Assistant to director University Observatory, Leiden, Holland, 1933-1938. Research associate astronomer Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1938-1942.
Associate professor University Chicago, 1946-1947. Professor astronomy Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1947-1958. Director astrometry and astrophysics United States Naval Observatory, Washington District of Columbia, 1958-1963, science director, 1963-1977.
Visiting professor University Copenhagen, 1954, The Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, 1959, Academy Sinica, China, 1987. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1977-1979, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981-1985. Member advisory board National Science Foundation, 1953-1956, Office of Naval Research, 1954-1957, chairman 1956-1957, National Research Council, 1954-1957, 71-77, National Bureau Standards, 1971-1977, Senior Fulbright-Hays Program Committee, 1972-1975.
Served from private to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society Pacific, International Astronomical Union, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Philosophical Society of Washington District of Columbia, Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi.
Married Ulla Nilson, March 11, 1943 (divorced December 1948). 1 child, Kristina Ragna Strand. Married Emilie Rashevsky Strand, June 10, 1949.
1 child, Constance Vibeke Strand.