Background
Hoffleit, Ellen Dorrit was born on March 12, 1907 in Florence, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Fred and Kate (Sanio) Hoffleit.
Hoffleit, Ellen Dorrit was born on March 12, 1907 in Florence, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Fred and Kate (Sanio) Hoffleit.
AB, Radcliffe College, 1928. Master of Arts, Radcliffe College, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy, Radcliffe College, 1938.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Smith College, 1984. Doctor of Science (honorary), Central Connecticut State University, 1998.
From research assistant to astronomer, Harvard College Observatory, 1929-1956;
mathematician, Ballistic Research laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1943-1948;
technical expert, 1948-1962;
lecturer, Wellesley College, 1955-1956;
member of faculty, Yale University, since 1956;
senior research astronomer, Yale University, since 1974. Director Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1957-1978. Member Hayden Planetarium Committee, New York City, 1975-1990.
Editor Meteoritical Society, 1958-1968.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Meteoritical Society. Member International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society (Annenberg award 1993), American Geophysical Union, Astronomical Society New Haven (honorary), American Association Variable Star Observers (honorary, William Tyler Olcott Listing Service award 2002), American Defense Preparedness Association, New York Academy of Sciences, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association (honorary), Nantucket History Society, Yale Peabody Museum Associates, Astronomical Society Pacific, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Harvard Club of Southern Connecticut.