Louise Gray Young (4 October 1935 - 2 March 2018) was an American astronomer and researcher who specialised in molecular spectroscopy.[1][2][3] She is best known for her spectroscopic analysis of the planetary atmospheres of Earth, Venus and Mars.[1][3][4][5]
Louise Gray Young | |
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| Born | Louise Dillon 4 October 1935 |
| Died | 2 March 2018 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | UCLA, California Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Texas, Texas A&M University, Jet Propulsion Lab |
Louise Dillon was born October 4th, 1935 in Los Angeles, California to Ruth Davis and Frank Dillon.[1][2][3] She got both her Bachelors (1958) and Masters (1959) in engineering at University of California, Los Angeles.[1][3] She got her PhD in engineering science at California Institute of Technology.[1][3] Her thesis was in the emission and transfer of radiation in gases under the direction of Stanford S. Penner.[6]
In 1965, Young started working at the engineering faculty at University of California, Los Angeles.[1][3] In 1967, she became a research associate in astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin.[1][3] Young then went on to work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab until 1974.[1] After which, Young became a research scientist at Texas A&M University.[1]
In 1976, Young became a fellow of the Optical Society of America.[1][3] She was also a member of the American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, and American Meteorological Society.[1][3] Between 1969 and 1977, Young was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer.[1][3]
Louise Gray Young was married to Andrew T. Young. She had two children, Gregory and Elizabeth.[2] Dr. Louise Gray Young died aged 82 in San Diego, California on March 2nd, 2018.[2]