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Olin Wilson joined the Mount Wilson Observatory in 1931 as a Research Assistant, and in 1936 became a Staff Member. In 1934 he received the first PhD in Astronomy awarded by the California Institute of Technology. Wilson's professional work was devoted to various phases of spectroscopy, including the stellar radial velocity program, various investigations of stellar atmospheres and interstellar material, Wolf-Rayet stars, planetary nebulae, and stellar chromospheres. In 1960, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. |
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He was also elected a member of the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Research Council, and a member of the U.S.A. National Committee of the International Astronomical Union. After his retirement in 1974, he continued his professional work as a Staff Member Emeritus of the Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories. Dr. Wilson passed away July 14, 1994. |
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