Samuel Herrick Papers, 1930-1974

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Samuel Herrick Papers, 1930-1974

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00753.xml

The papers consist of approximately 60 cubic feet of manuscript and printed materials.

60.0 cu. ft.; 67 boxes, 1 oversize folder

eng,

Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Herrick, Samuel, 1911-1974

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Samuel Herrick, generally recognized as the found of the field of astrodymanics, was born in Madison County, Virginia, in 1911. He received a B. S. in Mathematics from Williams College in 1932 and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of California at Berkeley in 1936. Most of his teaching career was spent at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Herrick served as an instructor in the Astronomy Department from 1937 to 1942; as an assistant professor from 1942 to 194...