EDUCATION:
Lowell Public Schools
Mount Holyoke College A.B. (Magna cum Laude) 1926
Radcliffe College A.M. 1928
Radcliffe College Ph.D. 1931
EMPLOYMENT:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B. C. 1931-1935
Unpaid volunteer
David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto
Unpaid Volunteer 1935
First appointment 1936
Professor 1957-1974
Research Professor 1974-1976
Professor Emeritus 1976
OTHER IMPORTANT POSITIONS:
Mount Holyoke College 1940-1941
Acting Chairman, Astronomy Department
United States National Science Foundation 1955-1956
Program Director for Astronomy
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Took thousands of photographs of globular clusters to search for and study variable stars. Published more than 200 papers on this work.
Taught elementary astronomy for non-science students for almost thirty years.
Wrote column With the Stars in the Toronto Star for 30 years.
Popular book on astronomy The Stars Belong to Everyone published by Doubleday Canada in 1976.
Published several dozen articles on historical astronomy in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
IMPORTANT POSITIONS — SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:
President American Association of Variable Star Observers 1939-1941
President International Astronomical Union Subcommission, Variable Stars in Star Clusters 1955-1961
President Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1957-1959
President Physical Sciences section, Royal Society of Canada 1960-1961
President Royal Canadian Institute 1964
Councillor American Astronomical Society 1965-1968
Director Bell Telephone Company of Canada (One of first two women) 1968-1978
First President Canadian Astronomical Society 1971-1972
Honorary President Toronto Centre, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1972-1977
Honorary President Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1977-1981
The University of Toronto Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics set up the Helen Sawyer Hogg Distinguished Visitorship in her honour.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
HONORARY DEGREES
Fellow Royal Society of Canada
First woman in Physical Sciences Section 1946
D.Sc. Mount Holyoke 1958
D.Sc. University of Waterloo 1962
D.Sc. McMaster University 1976
D.Sc. University of Toronto 1977
D. Litt.Saint Mary’s University 1981
D.Sc. University of Lethbridge 1985
AWARDS AND MEDALS:
Annie J. Cannon Prize American Astronomical Society 1950
Rittenhouse Medal Rittenhouse Astronomical Society, Philadelphia 1967
Service Award Medal Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1967
Radcliffe Graduate Achievement Medal Radcliffe College 1967
Centennial Medal Canada 1967
Medal of Service Order of Canada 1968
Companion Order of Canada 1976
Order of Merit City of Toronto 1985
Sandford Fleming Medal Royal Canadian Institute 1985
In November, 2010, Helen was inducted into the circle of Lowell High School Distinguished Alumni. These are alumni who have gone on to distinguished careers, and who come back to Lowell High School both to be honored and to
address the current student body as a means to inspire the students to do well. Her son Professor David W. Hogg was invited to serve as a surrogate for his mother.
OTHER HONORS:
IAU Colloquium No. 21, Variable Stars in Globular Clusters and in Related Systems, held in her honour on the 29th to 31st of August 1972 in Toronto
Asteroid 2917 named Sawyer Hogg, 1984
Helen Sawyer Hogg Lectures, annual public lectures sponsored by the Canadian Astronomical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory, National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, dedicated 1989
First scientist profiled in Scientists and Inventors series of books for elementary school children published by Copp Clark Pitman, 1991
Honorary Life Memberships in:
The Ontario Field Naturalists
The Royal Canadian Institute
The University Women’s Club of Toronto
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and Science North, Sudbury.
Helen Sawyer married Frank Scott Hogg on September 6, 1930 in Dunstable Massachusetts.
Photo courtesy of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto.
Lowell Public Schools
Mount Holyoke College A.B. (Magna cum Laude) 1926
Radcliffe College A.M. 1928
Radcliffe College Ph.D. 1931
EMPLOYMENT:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B. C. 1931-1935
Unpaid volunteer
David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto
Unpaid Volunteer 1935
First appointment 1936
Professor 1957-1974
Research Professor 1974-1976
Professor Emeritus 1976
OTHER IMPORTANT POSITIONS:
Mount Holyoke College 1940-1941
Acting Chairman, Astronomy Department
United States National Science Foundation 1955-1956
Program Director for Astronomy
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Took thousands of photographs of globular clusters to search for and study variable stars. Published more than 200 papers on this work.
Taught elementary astronomy for non-science students for almost thirty years.
Wrote column With the Stars in the Toronto Star for 30 years.
Popular book on astronomy The Stars Belong to Everyone published by Doubleday Canada in 1976.
Published several dozen articles on historical astronomy in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
IMPORTANT POSITIONS — SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:
President American Association of Variable Star Observers 1939-1941
President International Astronomical Union Subcommission, Variable Stars in Star Clusters 1955-1961
President Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1957-1959
President Physical Sciences section, Royal Society of Canada 1960-1961
President Royal Canadian Institute 1964
Councillor American Astronomical Society 1965-1968
Director Bell Telephone Company of Canada (One of first two women) 1968-1978
First President Canadian Astronomical Society 1971-1972
Honorary President Toronto Centre, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1972-1977
Honorary President Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1977-1981
The University of Toronto Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics set up the Helen Sawyer Hogg Distinguished Visitorship in her honour.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
HONORARY DEGREES
Fellow Royal Society of Canada
First woman in Physical Sciences Section 1946
D.Sc. Mount Holyoke 1958
D.Sc. University of Waterloo 1962
D.Sc. McMaster University 1976
D.Sc. University of Toronto 1977
D. Litt.Saint Mary’s University 1981
D.Sc. University of Lethbridge 1985
AWARDS AND MEDALS:
Annie J. Cannon Prize American Astronomical Society 1950
Rittenhouse Medal Rittenhouse Astronomical Society, Philadelphia 1967
Service Award Medal Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1967
Radcliffe Graduate Achievement Medal Radcliffe College 1967
Centennial Medal Canada 1967
Medal of Service Order of Canada 1968
Companion Order of Canada 1976
Order of Merit City of Toronto 1985
Sandford Fleming Medal Royal Canadian Institute 1985
In November, 2010, Helen was inducted into the circle of Lowell High School Distinguished Alumni. These are alumni who have gone on to distinguished careers, and who come back to Lowell High School both to be honored and to
address the current student body as a means to inspire the students to do well. Her son Professor David W. Hogg was invited to serve as a surrogate for his mother.
OTHER HONORS:
IAU Colloquium No. 21, Variable Stars in Globular Clusters and in Related Systems, held in her honour on the 29th to 31st of August 1972 in Toronto
Asteroid 2917 named Sawyer Hogg, 1984
Helen Sawyer Hogg Lectures, annual public lectures sponsored by the Canadian Astronomical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory, National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, dedicated 1989
First scientist profiled in Scientists and Inventors series of books for elementary school children published by Copp Clark Pitman, 1991
Honorary Life Memberships in:
The Ontario Field Naturalists
The Royal Canadian Institute
The University Women’s Club of Toronto
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and Science North, Sudbury.
Helen Sawyer married Frank Scott Hogg on September 6, 1930 in Dunstable Massachusetts.
Photo courtesy of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto.
EDUCATION:
Lowell Public Schools
Mount Holyoke College A.B. (Magna cum Laude) 1926
Radcliffe College A.M. 1928
Radcliffe College Ph.D. 1931
EMPLOYMENT:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B. C. 1931-1935
Unpaid volunteer
David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto
Unpaid Volunteer 1935
First appointment 1936
Professor 1957-1974
Research Professor 1974-1976
Professor Emeritus 1976
OTHER IMPORTANT POSITIONS:
Mount Holyoke College 1940-1941
Acting Chairman, Astronomy Department
United States National Science Foundation 1955-1956
Program Director for Astronomy
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Took thousands of photographs of globular clusters to search for and study variable stars. Published more than 200 papers on this work.
Taught elementary astronomy for non-science students for almost thirty years.
Wrote column With the Stars in the Toronto Star for 30 years.
Popular book on astronomy The Stars Belong to Everyone published by Doubleday Canada in 1976.
Published several dozen articles on historical astronomy in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
IMPORTANT POSITIONS — SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:
President American Association of Variable Star Observers 1939-1941
President International Astronomical Union Subcommission, Variable Stars in Star Clusters 1955-1961
President Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1957-1959
President Physical Sciences section, Royal Society of Canada 1960-1961
President Royal Canadian Institute 1964
Councillor American Astronomical Society 1965-1968
Director Bell Telephone Company of Canada (One of first two women) 1968-1978
First President Canadian Astronomical Society 1971-1972
Honorary President Toronto Centre, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1972-1977
Honorary President Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1977-1981
The University of Toronto Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics set up the Helen Sawyer Hogg Distinguished Visitorship in her honour.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
HONORARY DEGREES
Fellow Royal Society of Canada
First woman in Physical Sciences Section 1946
D.Sc. Mount Holyoke 1958
D.Sc. University of Waterloo 1962
D.Sc. McMaster University 1976
D.Sc. University of Toronto 1977
D. Litt.Saint Mary’s University 1981
D.Sc. University of Lethbridge 1985
AWARDS AND MEDALS:
Annie J. Cannon Prize American Astronomical Society 1950
Rittenhouse Medal Rittenhouse Astronomical Society, Philadelphia 1967
Service Award Medal Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1967
Radcliffe Graduate Achievement Medal Radcliffe College 1967
Centennial Medal Canada 1967
Medal of Service Order of Canada 1968
Companion Order of Canada 1976
Order of Merit City of Toronto 1985
Sandford Fleming Medal Royal Canadian Institute 1985
In November, 2010, Helen was inducted into the circle of Lowell High School Distinguished Alumni. These are alumni who have gone on to distinguished careers, and who come back to Lowell High School both to be honored and to
address the current student body as a means to inspire the students to do well. Her son Professor David W. Hogg was invited to serve as a surrogate for his mother.
OTHER HONORS:
IAU Colloquium No. 21, Variable Stars in Globular Clusters and in Related Systems, held in her honour on the 29th to 31st of August 1972 in Toronto
Asteroid 2917 named Sawyer Hogg, 1984
Helen Sawyer Hogg Lectures, annual public lectures sponsored by the Canadian Astronomical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory, National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, dedicated 1989
First scientist profiled in Scientists and Inventors series of books for elementary school children published by Copp Clark Pitman, 1991
Honorary Life Memberships in:
The Ontario Field Naturalists
The Royal Canadian Institute
The University Women’s Club of Toronto
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and Science North, Sudbury.
Helen Sawyer married Frank Scott Hogg on September 6, 1930 in Dunstable Massachusetts.
Photo courtesy of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto.
Lowell Public Schools
Mount Holyoke College A.B. (Magna cum Laude) 1926
Radcliffe College A.M. 1928
Radcliffe College Ph.D. 1931
EMPLOYMENT:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B. C. 1931-1935
Unpaid volunteer
David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto
Unpaid Volunteer 1935
First appointment 1936
Professor 1957-1974
Research Professor 1974-1976
Professor Emeritus 1976
OTHER IMPORTANT POSITIONS:
Mount Holyoke College 1940-1941
Acting Chairman, Astronomy Department
United States National Science Foundation 1955-1956
Program Director for Astronomy
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Took thousands of photographs of globular clusters to search for and study variable stars. Published more than 200 papers on this work.
Taught elementary astronomy for non-science students for almost thirty years.
Wrote column With the Stars in the Toronto Star for 30 years.
Popular book on astronomy The Stars Belong to Everyone published by Doubleday Canada in 1976.
Published several dozen articles on historical astronomy in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
IMPORTANT POSITIONS — SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:
President American Association of Variable Star Observers 1939-1941
President International Astronomical Union Subcommission, Variable Stars in Star Clusters 1955-1961
President Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1957-1959
President Physical Sciences section, Royal Society of Canada 1960-1961
President Royal Canadian Institute 1964
Councillor American Astronomical Society 1965-1968
Director Bell Telephone Company of Canada (One of first two women) 1968-1978
First President Canadian Astronomical Society 1971-1972
Honorary President Toronto Centre, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1972-1977
Honorary President Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1977-1981
The University of Toronto Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics set up the Helen Sawyer Hogg Distinguished Visitorship in her honour.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
HONORARY DEGREES
Fellow Royal Society of Canada
First woman in Physical Sciences Section 1946
D.Sc. Mount Holyoke 1958
D.Sc. University of Waterloo 1962
D.Sc. McMaster University 1976
D.Sc. University of Toronto 1977
D. Litt.Saint Mary’s University 1981
D.Sc. University of Lethbridge 1985
AWARDS AND MEDALS:
Annie J. Cannon Prize American Astronomical Society 1950
Rittenhouse Medal Rittenhouse Astronomical Society, Philadelphia 1967
Service Award Medal Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1967
Radcliffe Graduate Achievement Medal Radcliffe College 1967
Centennial Medal Canada 1967
Medal of Service Order of Canada 1968
Companion Order of Canada 1976
Order of Merit City of Toronto 1985
Sandford Fleming Medal Royal Canadian Institute 1985
In November, 2010, Helen was inducted into the circle of Lowell High School Distinguished Alumni. These are alumni who have gone on to distinguished careers, and who come back to Lowell High School both to be honored and to
address the current student body as a means to inspire the students to do well. Her son Professor David W. Hogg was invited to serve as a surrogate for his mother.
OTHER HONORS:
IAU Colloquium No. 21, Variable Stars in Globular Clusters and in Related Systems, held in her honour on the 29th to 31st of August 1972 in Toronto
Asteroid 2917 named Sawyer Hogg, 1984
Helen Sawyer Hogg Lectures, annual public lectures sponsored by the Canadian Astronomical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory, National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, dedicated 1989
First scientist profiled in Scientists and Inventors series of books for elementary school children published by Copp Clark Pitman, 1991
Honorary Life Memberships in:
The Ontario Field Naturalists
The Royal Canadian Institute
The University Women’s Club of Toronto
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and Science North, Sudbury.
Helen Sawyer married Frank Scott Hogg on September 6, 1930 in Dunstable Massachusetts.
Photo courtesy of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto.
