Shapiro Named Head of CFA
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PrintIrwin I. Shapiro is named director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, effective January 1, 1983. He also became, as of July 1, Paine professor of practical astronomy at Harvard and a Smithsonian senior scientist. Effective January 1983, Shapiro takes over as director of the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical 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, 1982