SAO Moves to Harvard College Observatory
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PrintUnder an agreement with Harvard University, the headquarters of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fred Lawrence Whipple, chair of the Department of Astronomy, Harvard University, is appointed director. The agreement is signed by Smithsonian Secretary Leonard Carmichael and Donald H. Menzel, Director of the Harvard College Observatory.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July 1, 1955