Karl Gordon Henize

Karl Gordon Henize, Ph.D. (17 October 1926 – 5 October 1993) was a NASA astronaut. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, his hobbies included home computers, stamp collecting, mathematics, and astronomy, and he also enjoyed racquetball, baseball, skin diving, and mountain climbing. Henize attended primary and secondary schools in Plainville and Mariemont, Ohio and received a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics in 1947 and a master of arts degree in astron... more

Karl Gordon Henize, Ph.D. (17 October 1926 – 5 October 1993) was a NASA astronaut. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, his hobbies included home computers, stamp collecting, mathematics, and astronomy, and he also enjoyed racquetball, baseball, skin diving, and mountain climbing. Henize attended primary and secondary schools in Plainville and Mariemont, Ohio and received a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics in 1947 and a master of arts degree in astronomy in 1948 from the University of Virginia while carrying out research at McCormick Observatory. He was awarded a doctor of philosophy in astronomy in 1954 by the University of Michigan. Henize was a member of the American Astronomical Society; the Royal Astronomical Society; the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; the International Astronomical Union; and Phi Beta Kappa. He was presented the Robert Gordon Memorial Award for 1968 and was a recipient of NASA Group Achievement Awards in (1971, 1974, 1975, 1978). He was also awarded the NASA... less