Jocelyn Gill

Jocelyn Gill
Born 1916
Arizona
Died April 26, 1984
Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality American
Institutions NASA

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

Biography

Jocelyn Gill 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Marilyn Ogilvie, Joy Harvey (2000). Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Routledge. p. 1019. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Tiffany K. Wayne (2011). American Women of Science Since 1900. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 433. ISBN 1598841580. 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.
  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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