Oral history of Richard Henry
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2015-04-15
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Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries
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Richard Henry is an Academy Professor in the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences at Johns Hopkins University,
where he is also Research Professor in the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics & Astronomy. He is also Director of the Maryland Space Grant Consortium. He earned his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1967. In this oral history, Henry discusses his early interest in astronomy, the trajectory of his career, and the beginnings of the Space Telescope Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University. This oral history is part of the Hopkins Retrospective oral histories series.
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MacRae, Donald, 1916-2006, Henry, Richard C., Children of God (Organization), David Dunlap Observatory, Van den Bergh, Sidney, 1929-, Princeton University, Stromgren, Bengt, 1908-1987, Morton, D. C. (Donald C.), Mihalas, Dimitri, 1939-, Field, George B., 1929-, Heiles, Carl, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Spitzer, Lyman, 1914-1997, Eichner, Laurits Christian, 1894-1967, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Friedman, Herbert, 1916-2000, Feldman, Paul D., Carruthers, George R., Fastie, William G., 1916-2000, Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory, Apollo 17 (Spacecraft), Henize, Karl Gordon, 1926-, Moos, H. Warren (Henry Warren), 1936-, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.), Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Roman, Nancy Grace, 1925-, Muller, Steven, 1927-2013