Background
Herbig, George Howard was born on January 2, 1920 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of George Albert and Glenna (Howard) Herbig.
Herbig, George Howard was born on January 2, 1920 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of George Albert and Glenna (Howard) Herbig.
AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1948.
Assistant Astronomer 1950-1955, Association Astronomer 1955-1960, Astronomer 1960-1987. Assistant Director Lick Observatory 1960-1963, Acting Director 1970-1971. Professor, of Astronomy, University of California (Santa Cruz) 1967-1987.
Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii since 1987.
Visiting Professor, and lecturer Chicago 1959, Mexico 1961, Observatoire de Paris 1965, Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie, Heidelberg 1969, Stockholm 1973, Hawaii 1976-1977. Lecturer, American Astronomical Society 1975.
Lectured in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Poland under exchange agreement, United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academies of Science 1965, 1987. United States National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellow 1965.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Scis. Member National Academy of Sciences, International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society (Warner prize 1955, Henry Norris Russell lecturer 1975), Max Planck Institute für Astronomie (foreign science member), Society Royale des Sciences de Liège (correspondent).
Married Delia Faye McMullin, October, 1943 (divorced 1968). Children: Marilyn, Lawrence, John, Robert. Married Hannelore Helene Tillmann, September 3, 1968.