| Vera Rubin AKA Vera Cooper Born: 23-Jul-1928
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Died: 25-Dec-2016
Location of death: Princeton, NJ
Cause of death: Natural Causes
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Astronomer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Structure of galaxies Father: Philip Cooper
Mother: Rose Applebaum
Husband: Robert Rubin (m. 25-Jun-1948, three sons, one daughter)
Son: David
Daughter: Judith Young
Son: Karl
Son: Allan
University: AB, Vassar College (1948)
University: MA, Cornell University (1951)
University: PhD, Georgetown University (1954)
Teacher: Montgomery County Junior College (1954-55)
Scholar: Research Associate Astronomer, Georgetown University (1955-65)
Professor: Georgetown University (1959-65)
Carnegie Institution for Science (1965-)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Philosophical Society
International Astronomical Union
National Academy of Sciences
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
National Medal of Science 1993
Dickson Prize 1994
Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal 1996
Gruber Prize in Cosmology 2002
Bruce Medal 2003
James Craig Watson Medal 2004
Author of books:
Bright Galaxies Dark Matters (1997)
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