Kate Page Kirby

Background

Kirby, Kate Page was born on December 5, 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Vance Nathaniel and Harriet Kirby.

Education

AB, Radcliffe College, 1967; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1972.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1973; research physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, since 1973; lecturer department astronomy, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1973-1983, 84-86; associate director, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, since 1988.

Achievements

• Kate Page Kirby has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (secretary-treasurer division atomic, molecular and optical physics 1984-1987, chairman membership committee 1989-1990, chairman division atomic molecular and optical physics 1997-1998).

Connections

Married Arch William Horst, May21, 1977. Children: Andrew, Elizabeth, Carolyn, Jonathan.

Father:

Vance Nathaniel Kirby

Mother:

Harriet Kirby

Spouse:

Arch William Horst

child:

Andrew Kirby

child:

Jonathan Kirby

child:

Elizabeth Kirby

child:

Carolyn Kirby