Uco van Wijk

Uco van Wijk (20 May 1924, Jogjakarta, Dutch East Indies – 10 August 1966) was a Dutch astronomer and educator who founded the astronomy program at the University of Maryland and was instrumental in bringing Gart Westerhout from Holland to become Department Head.

External links

* [http://www.lunarrepublic.com/gazetteer/crater_v.shtml Lunar Republic]

Honors

* The Van Wijk crater on the Moon is named after him.
* The physics and astronomy library at the University of Maryland is named after him.
* The Sundial, [http://www.umd.edu/traditions/gr/images/sundial.jpg] located in the center of McKeldin Mall on the campus , was originally a gift from the Class of 1965, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and friends of Professor Uco Van Wijk. It was renovated with donations from the Class of 1990.

References

* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1967QJRAS...8..386. Obituary] by Bart Bok in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society.