Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Katharine Blodgett Gebbie

American astrophysicist

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1932

Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 17-Aug-2016

Profession: physicist, astrophysicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Katharine Blodgett Gebbie (July 4, 1932 – August 17, 2016) was an American astrophysicist and civil servant.
She was the founding Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and of its two immediate predecessors, the Physics Laboratory and the Center for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, both for which she was the only Director.
During her 22 years of management of these institutions, four of its scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
In 2015, the NIST Katharine Blodgett Gebbie Laboratory Building in Boulder, Colorado was named in her honor.