How to Pronounce William M. Kaula
#50
Most Popular
Boost
May 19, 1926 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Died on 01 Apr 2000 (aged 73)
American geophysicist
TaurusWilliam M. Kaula - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
William M. Kaula, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About William M. Kaula
- William M.
- Kaula (May 19, 1926 – April 1, 2000) was an Australian-born American geophysicist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Kaula was most notable for his contributions to geodesy, including using early earth satellites to produce gravity maps of Earth. He was a participant in several NASA missions, as a team leader on Apollos 15, 16 and 17. The National Academies Press called Kaula "the father of space-based geodesy". The Los Angeles Times called him "one of the leading planetary physicists of the last four decades". He was a recipient of Whitten Medal of the American Geophysical Union and of the Brouwer Award of the American Astronomical Society. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his scientific contributions notwithstanding his not having a doctorate, a rare such instance.
- He did graduate from West Point, the top military school in the United States and received an M.S.
- degree from Ohio State University.
- Asteroid 5485 Kaula is named after him.
