Jocelyn Gill

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Jocelyn Gill
Born1916
Arizona
DiedApril 26, 1984
Cincinnati, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
InstitutionsNASA

Jocelyn Gill (1916–April 26, 1984[1]) was an American astronomer who worked for NASA.

Biography[]

Jocelyn R. Gill graduated from Wellesley College in 1938. She worked at Mount Holyoke College as a laboratory assistant and instructor of astronomy, before being hired at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and receiving her PhD at Yale University in 1959.[2][3][4] Gill joined NASA in 1961 where she worked on the manned space program, carried out research, held the position of chief of in-flight science from 1963 to 1966, and worked on Project Gemini.[3] She participated in a solar eclipse flight in July 1963 on which she observed the sun's corona and aimed to teach the astronauts travelling with her about astronomy; a field they were not otherwise required to be knowledgeable in.[2]

Gill was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and received the Federal Women's Award in 1966.[3] Gill was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and in 1966 received an award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for being their woman of the year.[5] She died of the disease in April 1984 at the age of 67.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKGH-CSN
  2. ^ a b Vern Haughland (July 1, 1963). "Jocelyn Gill -- She's Set Her Sights On The Stars". St. Petersburg Times. p. 40. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Marilyn Ogilvie; Joy Harvey (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Routledge. p. 1019. ISBN 9781135963439. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  4. ^ Tiffany K. Wayne (2011). American Women of Science Since 1900. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 433. ISBN 978-1598841589. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Woman Space Scientist Honored". The Kansas City Times. 16 June 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 5 August 2014 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. ^ "Death of Dr. Jocelyn Gill, Nasa Chief" (PDF). CWSP Gazette: A Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of the American Physical Society. 4 (4). November–December 1984. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
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