Background
Green, Louis Craig was born on February 2, 1911 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Edward Melvin and Ann Field (Craig) Green.
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Louis Craig Green
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AB, Princeton University, 1932. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1937.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Haverford College, 1983.
Career
Teacher mathematics and astronomy Allegheny College, 1937—1941. Teacher Haverford College, 1941—1977, professor astronomy, 1953—1977, 1980—1984, professor emeritus, since 1977, professor physics, 1979—1980, chairman physics department, 1963—1965, provost, 1965—1968, acting president, 1967. Teacher mathematics Swarthmore College, 1944.
Teacher physics Bryn Mawr College, 1944—1946. Director Strawbridge Observatory, 1942—1975. Visiting professor Max Planck Institute Physics and Astrophysics, Munich, 1959.
Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1962—1963, 1968—1969.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: American Physical Society. Member: American Astronomical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Hazard Ufford Green, July 27, 1940.
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American