Word: huchra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Almost overnight, astrophysics gained national prominence after being viewed for years as "a bastard science" akin to astrology, Huchra recalls. From 1955 to 1973, Whipple supervised research in celestial mechanics, upper atmosphere weather meteorics and satellites...
...Today, Huchra is satisfied with the relationship since "there's a symbiosis" between Harvard and the Smithsonian, he says...
...return, Harvard offers an "academic atmosphere [that] is very good," Huchra says, adding, "One of the draws for me to the Smithsonian is the ability to teach...
However, the CfA solution is not free from disadvantages. At the observable level, joint staffing prompts confusion among professors in affiliation, not unlike that of sophomore-standing students within their class. "I'm complicated. I'm tenured Harvard faculty, but Harvard doesn't pay my salary," said Huchra...
Meanwhile another 12 professors, including Geller and Huchra, are jointly tenured by Harvard and the Smithsonian but are paid by the Smithsonian...