Maud Worcester Makemson

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1941–42:

MAKEMSON, MAUD WORCESTER:  Appointed for researches into problems of Maya astronomy; tenure, twelve months from June 15, 1941.

Born September 16, 1891, Center Harbor, New Hampshire. Education:  Radcliffe College, 1904–05; University of California, A.B., 1925, M.A., 1927, Ph.D., 1930 (Alexander Morrison Fellow, 1930).

Research Assistant in Astronomy, 1926–30, Instructor, 1930–31, University of California; Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1931–32, Rollins College; Assistant Professor of Astronomy, 1932–36, Associate Professor, Chairman of the Department and Director of the Observatory, 1936—, Vassar College.

Publications:  The Morning Star Rises, 1941. Articles in American Anthropologist, Astronomical Journal, Sky, Astronomische Nachrichten, Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society, Lick Observatory Bulletin, Popular Astronomy, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.