Background
Iben, Icko was born on June 27, 1931 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Son of Icko and Kathryn (Tomlin) Iben.
Iben, Icko was born on June 27, 1931 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Son of Icko and Kathryn (Tomlin) Iben.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1953; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1958.
Assistant professor physics, Williams College, 1958-1961;
senior research fellow in physics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1961-1964;
associate professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1964-1968;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1968-1972;
professor astronomy and physics, head department astronomy, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1972-1984;
professor astronomy and physics, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1972-1989;
holder of Eberly family chair in astronomy, Pennsylvania State University, 1989-1990;
distinguished professor astronomy and physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1989. Visiting professor astronomy Harvard University, 1966, 68, 70. Visiting fellow Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics U. Colorado, 1971-1972.
Visiting professor astronomy and astrophysics University of California at Santa Cruz, 1972. Visiting professor physics and astronomy Institute for Astronomy U. Hawaii, 1977. Member of advisory panel, astronomy section National Science Foundation, 1972-1975.
Member visiting committee Aura Observatories, 1979-1982. Visiting scientist astronomical council Union Soviet Socialist Republican Academy ofSci., 1985. Senior visiting fellow Australian National U., 1986.
Visiting professor University of Bologna, Italy, 1986. Senior research fellow University of Sussex, England, 1986. George Darwin lecturer Royal Astronomical Society, London, 1984.
McMillin lecturer Ohio State University, 1987. Visiting eminent scholar University Center Georgia, 1988. Guest professor Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, 1990.
Fellow Japan Society for Promotion of Science. Member American Astronomical Society (councilor 1974-1977, Henry Norris Russell lecturer 1989), United States National Academy of Sciences, International Astronom.
Married Miriam Genevieve Fett, January 28, 1956. Children: Christine, Timothy, Benjamin, Thomas.