Background
Gingerich, Owen Jay was born on March 24, 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Gingerich, Owen Jay was born on March 24, 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bachelor, Goshen College, Indiana, 1951. Master of Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962.
Director observatory, American U., Beirut, 1955-1958;
from instructor to assistant professor, American U., 1955-1958;
lecturer astronomy, Wellesley College, 1958-1959;
astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1961-1987;
senior astronomer, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, since 1987;
from lecturer to associate professor astronomy and history of science, Harvard, 1960-1969;
professor, Harvard, since 1969;
chairman history of science department, Harvard, 1992-1993;
Sigma Xi national lecturer, 1971;
George Darwin lecturer, Royal Astronomical Society, 1971;
councilor, American Astronomical Society, 1973-1976. Astronomy consultant Harvard Project Physics, 1964-1969. Director central telegrambur.
International Astronomical Union, 1965-1967, president commission history astronomy, 1970-1976, chairman United States national committee, 1982-1984. Advising committee Center Theology Inquiry, Princeton, since 1988. Advisory board John Templeton Humility Theology Information Center, since 1994.
Overseer Boston Museum of Science, 1979-1996, 1998—2004. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman section L 1974, sect D 1981). Member Academie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society (vice president 1982-1985, John F. Lewis prize 1976, councilor 1994-2000), American Astronomical Society (chairman history astronomy division 1983-1985, Doggett prize 2000, Education prize 2004), Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (honorary), Examiner Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
3 children.