American Astronomical Society.
And, in 1980, she was appointed an associate director of the CFA making her
the youngest person and the first woman to ever hold such a position.Andrea Depree took her first astronomy course while at Wellesley College. She did so just to fulfill a graduation requirement. This was just about enough to show her what she wanted to be doing for the rest of her life. She received a BA in astronomy and physics in 1960 and was soon awarded with a prestigious Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Many on the awards committee were concerned because she was a woman and what were to happen if she left school to get married and have children. To prove her critics wrong, she went on to marry and get her doctorate in astrophysics from Harvard in 1968.
Andrea Dupree has been elected president of the American Astronomical Society.
And, in 1980, she was appointed an associate director of the CFA making her
the youngest person and the first woman to ever hold such a position.
