Word: gaposchkins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...undergraduate advises describe Mrs. Gaposchkin as an extremely busy professor who is "hard to get to see; but when you do see her, she is very interested in you as an individual." In the tradition of chairman in the small Astronomy Department, she acts as personal advisor to the nineteen undergraduate concentrators Her crowded schedule, however, is basically on the graduate level...
After receiving in 1925 the first Doctor of Philosophy degree ever granted at Radcliffe, Mrs. Gaposchkin remained at the Observatory to do research and teach. She became Phillips Astronomer in 1938. Last year she received an honorary A.M. degree from the University. On becoming a Harvard "alumnus," Mrs. Gasopschkin reportedly commented, "Maybe I should join the Harvard Club...
...almost three decades, Mrs. Gaposchkin has been an internationally-known authority in her particular field, variable stars. A variable star, she explains, is a star whose brightness changes, either because of its own pulsations or an eclipse with another star. Much of her research and writing has concerned the regularity of these variations, which are often, she states, "more accurate time-keepers than clocks...
...prominence in her field brought Mrs. Gaposchkin the honor of membership in the British Royal Astronomical Society. In this country, Mrs. Gaposchkin, who was naturalized in 1931, is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...
...career woman in a primarily-male field, Mrs. Gaposchkin dresses plainly and wears no make-up. Her professionalism is most evident in her ultra-efficiency, her lucid speech, and her chain-smoking. Even while she talks, she keeps a cigarette in the center of her mouth between her teeth, lighting each successive cigarette from the preceding...