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William Lester Kraushaar , pronounced Krahschar, (born April 1, 1920 in Newark , USA , † March 21, 2008 in Gorham , Maine , USA) was an American astrophysicist . He worked in the field of observational astrophysics, was a pioneer of gamma astronomy and developed together with George W. Clark Explorer 11 (1961) and Orbiting Solar Observatory 3 (1967).
Kraushaar graduated from Lafayette College and received his PhD in physics from Cornell University in 1949 . He then moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he was first assistant professor in 1951 and professor in 1963. Here he worked together with George W. Clark on an X-ray measuring device for Explorer 11. This and its successor OSO 3 were used to examine gamma ray sources. In 1965 he moved to the University of Wisconsin , where he stayed until his retirement. In 1993 he and Dan McCammon were responsible for an X-ray spectrometer on board a space shuttle, which was to be used to investigate star formation in gas clouds.
In 1953 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1960 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1973 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences .
Kraushaar died of complications from Parkinson's .
Individual evidence
- ^ Member Directory: William L. Kraushaar. National Academy of Sciences, accessed December 17, 2015 (Biographical Memoir by Dan McCammon and George W. Clark).
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| SURNAME | Frizzy Hair, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frizzy Hair, William Lester |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newark, USA, |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 2008 |
| Place of death | Gorham , Maine , USA |