Sethanne howard biography

American astronomer

Sethanne Howard is a retired American research astronomer and physicist. She most recently worked as the Chief of the Nautical Almanac Office at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, DC.^[1] She is also a published author.

Sethanne Howard is a retired American research astronomer and physicist.

As the first woman to receive a degree in physics from U California, Davis (), I have remained interested in the history of women in science.

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Born in Coronado, California to a Navy family, she is now retired from her position as Chief of the Nautical Almanac Office at the US Naval Observatory and.

Below is our interview with Dr. Sethanne Howard, who retired as Chief of the Nautical Almanac Office at the US Naval Observatory in

Education

Howard attended the University of California, Davis from 1962 to 1965 and became the first woman to receive a Bachelor of Science degree (BS) in Physics from UCD. She continued her education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1967 to 1974 and received a Master of Science (MS) degree in Nuclear physics.

She went on to receive her PhD in astrophysics at Georgia State University from 1984 to 1989.^[2]

Career and research

Howard worked as a visiting professor at Emory University in the Department of Physics as an astronomy professor from September 1985 to May 1986.

She conducted post-doctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory with the Space and Remote Sensing Sciences Group