The Passing of JILA Fellow Richard "Dick" McCray
Photo of Richard McCrayÌý
Former JILA Fellow Richard "Dick" McCray passed away onÌýOctober 26, 2021.Ìý From another JILA Fellow said that: “Dick was a giant in JILA… All those who knew him loved him dearly."Ìý Richard (Dick) McCray came to Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô to work at JILA in 1971 until his retirement in 2004.Ìý Dick also served as JILA Chair in 1981 and 1982.ÌýÌýDick was a Distinguished Professor of Astrophysics at Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Boulder, a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1989, a Guggenheim Fellow in 1975-76 and recipient of the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics in 1990. Dick’s area of research was theoretical astrophysics, including the physics of interstellar gas, Active Galactic Nuclei, binary X-ray systems, and supernova explosion; observing these systems with spacecraft such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Chandra X-ray telescope. You can read more about his , as well as an oral history via personal interview.Ìý