S._G._Starrfield

Sumner Starrfield

Sumner Starrfield

American astronomer

Sumner Grosby Starrfield (born 29 December 1940) is an American astronomer.

Starrfield earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley and completed his master's and doctoral degrees at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1] He began teaching at Arizona State University in 1972,[2] and was later named a Regents' Professor at the institution.[3] In 1999, Starrfield was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society "[f]or fundamental contributions to our understanding of the cause and evolution of the nova outburst involving forefront observational and theoretical studies of these explosions."[4] From 2002 to 2005, Starrfield was head of the publication board for the American Astronomical Society, and later ran for the vice presidency.[5][6]

Starrfield is married to Susan Lee Hutt, with whom he raised three children.[7][8] The minor planet 19208 Starrfield is named for him.

References

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    "Sumner Starrfield". Arizona State University. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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    Starrfield, Sumner; Shore, Steven N. (January 1995). "The Birth and Death of Nova V1974 Cygni". Scientific American. 72 (1): 76–81. JSTOR 24980145.
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    "Sumner Starrfield Regents Professor". Arizona State University. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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    "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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    "AAS Elects New Vice President". Physics Today. 55 (5): 77. May 2002. doi:10.1063/1.1485597.
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    "Sumner Starrfield: Candidate for Vice President". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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    "Obituaries: Week of January 19, 2017". Jewish Journal. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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    "Betrothed". ⁨⁨B'nai B'rith Messenger⁩. 9 July 1965. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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