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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003901b.htm person Morton Donald Charles FAA AACR2 12 June 1933 Place of Birth Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada Astronomer Astrophysicist Donald Charles Morton is Researcher Emeritus at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council in Canada. Prior to this he was Director of the Anglo-Australian Observatory (1976-1986) and a researcher and lecturer at Princeton University in America. Morton is an expert in astrophysics, spectroscopy and instrumentation and has served on numerous Australian and international scientific bodies and committees. 1952 1956 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Mathematics and Physics, University of Toronto, Canada 1956 1956 Award - Gold Medal, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1956 1957 Career position - Pearce Fellow, Princeton University, USA 1959 1959 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Astronomy, Princeton University 1959 1961 Career position - Astronomer, US National Research Laboratory 1961 1963 Career position - Research Associate, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University 1963 1965 Career position - Researcher, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University 1966 1968 Career position - Research Astronomer, Lecturer and Associate Professor, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University 1968 1976 Career position - Senior Research Astronomer, Lecturer and Professor, Princeton University 1969 1976 Career position - Director of Graduate Studies, Princeton University 1970 1973 Career position - Council Member, American Astronomical Society 1973 1976 Career position - Member, Astronomy Panel, US National Science Foundation 1975 1976 Career position - Chairman, Astronomy Panel, US National Science Foundation 1976 1977 Career position - Member, Expert Subcommittee for Australian Review of Observatories 1976 1986 Career position - Director, Anglo-Australian Observatory in Epping and Coonabarabran, New South Wales 1977 1982 Career position - Member, Australian Synthesis Telescope Steering Committee 1977 1985 Career position - Councillor, Astronomical Society of Australia 1979 1981 Career position - Vice-President, Astronomical Society of Australia 1980 1980 Career position - Associate, Royal Astronomical Society 1981 1983 Career position - President, Astronomical Society of Australia 1982 1986 Career position - Member, Australian Telescope Advisory Committee 1984 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1986 Award - Honorary Fellow, Astronomical Society of Australia 1986 2000 Career position - Director General, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario, Victoria and Penticton, British Columbia 1987 1993 Career position - Member, James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Board, in Canada 1987 1998 Career position - Member, Advisory Committee on Cosmology and Gravity, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research 1989 1991 Career position - Vice-Chairman, James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Board 1991 1993 Career position - Chairman, James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Board 1995 2000 Career position - Member, James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Board 2001 Career position - Researcher Emeritus, National Research Council of Canada Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 1984

 Astronomical Society of Australia (1966 - )

President 1981 - 1983; Honorary Fellow 1986 -

 Morton, Donald C (19330612-)

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