Johnson Electrocuted at SAO Station, Greece

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Summary

A field engineer, William Charles Johnson, is electrocuted while working on laser electronics at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's observing station in Dionysos, Greece, and dies instantly. Johnson had been with SAO since 1973.

Subject

  • Johnson, William Charles
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 12/1978, p. 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

October 17, 1978

Topic

  • Observatories
  • Satellite Tracking Program
  • Deaths
  • Accidents

Place

Greece

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