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Morton, Donald Charles (1933 - )

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Astronomer and Astrophysicist
Born: 12 June 1933  Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
Donald Charles Morton is Researcher Emeritus at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council in Canada. Prior to this he was Director of the Anglo-Australian Observatory (1976-1986) and a researcher and lecturer at Princeton University in America. Morton is an expert in astrophysics, spectroscopy and instrumentation and has served on numerous Australian and international scientific bodies and committees.
Career Highlights

Chronology
1952 - 1956Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Mathemarics and Physics completed at the University of Toronto, Canada
1956Gold Medal received from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
1956 - 1957Pearce Fellow at Princeton University, USA
1959Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Astronomy completed at Princeton University
1959 - 1961Astronomer at the US National Research Laboratory
1961 - 1963Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University
1963 - 1965Researcher in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University
1966 - 1968Research Astronomer, Lecturer and Associate Professor in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University
1968 - 1976Senior Research Astronomer, Lecturer and Professor at Princeton University
1969 - 1976Director of Graduate Studies at Princeton University
1970 - 1973Council Member of the American Astronomical Society
1973 - 1976Member of Astronomy Panel of the US National Science Foundation
1975 - 1976Chairman of the Astronomy Panel of the US National Science Foundation
1976 - 1977Member of the Expert Subcommittee for Australian Review of Observatories
1976 - 1986Director of the Anglo-Australian Observatory in Epping and Coonabarabran, New South Wales
1977 - 1982Member of the Australian Synthesis Telescope Steering Committee
1977 - 1985Councilor of the Astronomical Society of Australia
1979 - 1981Vice-President of the Astronomical Society of Australia
1980Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society
1981 - 1983President of the Astronomical Society of Australia
1982 - 1986Member of the Australian Telescope Advisory Committee
1984 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1986 - 2000Director General of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Victoria and Penticton, British Columbia
1987 - 1993Member of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Board in Canada
1987 - 1998Member of the Advisory Committee on Cosmology and Gravity of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
1989 - 1991Vice-Chairman of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Board
1991 - 1993Chairman of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Board
1995 - 2000Member of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Board
2001 - Researcher Emeritus at the National Research Council of Canada

 
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