Lodewijk Woltjer#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 845 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Lodewijk Woltjer passed away August 25, 2019.
Positions Held
- 1994 - 1997 President of the International Astronomical Union
- 1991 - 1993 Co-founder and President of the European Astronomical Society
- 1975 - 1987 Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
- 1964 - 1974 Rutherfurd Professor of Astronomy, Columbia University, New York, USA
- 1964 - 1972 Chairman of the Astronomy Department, Columbia University, New York, USA
- 1961 - 1964 Professor of theoretical astrophysics and plasma physics in the University of Leiden
Fields of Scholarship
- Astronomy
Honours and Awards
- 1974 Chairman, High Energy Division of the American Astronomical Society
- 1975 Benjamin Apthorp Gould Medal, National Academy of Sciences, USA
- 1075 Gould Prize, National Academy of Sciences, USA
- 1982 Honorary Doctorate, University of Basel
- 1985 Honorary Doctorate, University of Lund
- 1987 Ridder in De Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw, the Netherlands
- 1987 Karl Schwarzschild Medal, Astronomische Gesellschaft
- 1988 Grosses Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens Deutschland, Germany
- 1988 Janssen Medal, Académie des sciences
- 1988 Honorary Doctorate, University of Bologna
- 1991 Honorary Doctorate, University of Liège
- 1992 Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, France
- 2002 Honorary Doctorate, University of Geneva
- Eponym of the Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture award, given by the European Astronomical Society
