Fred Lawrence Whipple

ID: 2002-32272

Creator: Cornell, James

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1982

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4

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Summary

Fred Lawrence Whipple, Smithsonian Astorphysical Observatory Director from 1955-1973, admires the new sign for the observing station located in Arizona renamed in his honor. The Whipple Observatory had previously been known as the Mt. Hopkins Observatory before it was renamed for Whipple in May 1982.

Subject

  • Whipple, Fred Lawrence 1906-
  • Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
  • Mt. Hopkins Observatory
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, June 1982

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4

Contact information

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

Date

1982

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Astrophysicists
  • Observatories
  • Directors
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Observing stations
  • Astronomy
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Arizona

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Event

ID Number

2002-32272

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

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