Whipple Retires from SAO
Close
PrintFred Lawrence Whipple, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1955 to 1973, retires in July 1973, and continues his work as Senior Research Scientist.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1974, p. 19
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July, 1973