This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NRAO, AUI or NSF of any company or product Otto Struve (1897-1963), Russian-born US as
This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NRAO, AUI or NSF of any company or product Otto Struve (1897-1963), Russian-born US astronomer. He was a member of an astronomical dynasty. His father, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather were renowned astronomers. His family, father included, died during the Russian Revolution, and he fled to the USA. He worked at the Yerkes Observatory from 1921, becoming the director in 1932. After a spell as head of Chicago University's astronomy department (1947-1950), he became director of the Leuschner Observatory. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1944, the fourth member of his family to be honoured in this way, for his work on stellar spectroscopy. Struve was the first Director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), from 1959 to 1962.
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