Peter MacKenzie Millman

Background

Millman, Peter MacKenzie was born on August 10, 1906 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Robert Malcolm and Edith Ethelwyn (Middleton) Millman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, 1929; A.M. in Astronomy, Harvard University, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1932.

Career

Assistant, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B.C., Canada, summers 1927-1929; assistant in astronomy, Harvard University, 1929-1931; Agassiz scholar in astronomy, Harvard University (Harvard College Observatory), 1932-1933; associate Harvard College Observatory, Harvard University, 1955-1975. Lecturer in astronomy U. Toronto, 1933-1945. Chief stellar physics division Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Ontario, 1946-1955.

Head upper atmosphere research National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, 1955-1971. Guest scientist Herzberg Institute Astrophysics, 1971-1986, researcher emeritus, 1986-1990. CounsellorSmithsonian Institute, Washington, 1966-1972.

Achievements

• Peter MacKenzie Millman has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Meteorite Research. Proceedings of a Symposium on Meteorite Research held in Vienna, Austria, 7-13 August 1968 (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)
  • Meteorite Research
  • This Universe of Space
  • Physics and Dynamics of Meteors (International Astronomical Union, Symposium No. 33, Held at Tatranska Lomnica, Czechoslovakia, 4-9 Sept, 1967)
  • This universe of space

Membership

Finance vice president Ottawa Music Festival Association, 1962-1967. Board directors Youth Science Foundation Canada, 1966-1971. Served to squadron leader Royal Canadian Air Force, 1941-1946.

Fellow Royal Society Canada, Canada Aeronautics an Space Institute. Member Royal Astronomical Society Canada (national president 1960-1962, national honorary president 1981-1985), Canada Astronomical Society (secretary 1971-1977), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Canada Association Physicists, Meteoritical Society (president 1962-1966), International Astronomical Union (president working group for planetary system nomenclature 1973-1982), Planetary Society, Gamma Alpha.

Connections

Married Margaret Bowness Gray, July 10, 1931. Children: Barry Mackenzie, Cynthia Gray Millman Floyd.

Father:

Robert Malcolm Millman

Mother:

Edith Ethelwyn (Middleton) Millman

Spouse:

Margaret Bowness Gray

child:

Barry Mackenzie Millman

child:

Cynthia Gray Millman Floyd Millman