Biographical data

Biographical Data
Kuiper, Thomas Bernardus Henricus Photo Credit: Tom Kuiper

Biographical Data

Kuiper, Thomas Bernardus Henricus

Photo Credit: Tom Kuiper

Title	Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R))
Official Number	U-01833

Birth	00/00/1942	Death	(nk)
Place	Montreal	Place	(nk)
Area	QC	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

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Qualifications	PhD;

Biography
After his naval service he worked as a Research Scientist at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory in CA USA. He worked with the NASA Deep Space Network as Astronomy Manager. He is a radio astronomer with experience in spectral line studies of atoms and molecules in interstellar clouds and circumstellar envelopes, in low frequency radio studies of the Sun, and in interferometry and aperture synthesis. In 2013 his research concentrated on precursors to star formation. He obtained a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Maryland, College Park MD. He joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) staff in 1975, after a two year tenure as a National Research Council Resident Research Associate. He was a founding member of the JPL study team that originated the concept of the Large Deployable Reflector (Gulkis, Kuiper and Swanson 1978). He was also a member of the first team to conduct a millimeter wave spectral line investigation with the NASA G.P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory, and subsequently a principal investigator in that program.

Biography

After his naval service he worked as a Research Scientist at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory in CA USA. He worked with the NASA Deep Space Network as Astronomy Manager. He is a radio astronomer with experience in spectral line studies of atoms and molecules in interstellar clouds and circumstellar envelopes, in low frequency radio studies of the Sun, and in interferometry and aperture synthesis. In 2013 his research concentrated on precursors to star formation. He obtained a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Maryland, College Park MD. He joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) staff in 1975, after a two year tenure as a National Research Council Resident Research Associate. He was a founding member of the JPL study team that originated the concept of the Large Deployable Reflector (Gulkis, Kuiper and Swanson 1978). He was also a member of the first team to conduct a millimeter wave spectral line investigation with the NASA G.P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory, and subsequently a principal investigator in that program.

Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 1962). He served in HMCS Donnacona for UNTD 1962-1964. He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Training 1963. He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Training 1964. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R)) (With seniority dated 15/09/1964). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R)) (With seniority dated 22/05/1966). He served in HMCS Naden for Navigation Instructor Course 1966. He served in HMCS Porte de la Reine as Engineering Officer 1967. He was released in 1967. (He was released.)

Military Service

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 1962). He served in HMCS Donnacona for UNTD 1962-1964. He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Training 1963. He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Training 1964. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R)) (With seniority dated 15/09/1964). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R)) (With seniority dated 22/05/1966). He served in HMCS Naden for Navigation Instructor Course 1966. He served in HMCS Porte de la Reine as Engineering Officer 1967. He was released in 1967. (He was released.)

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References
http://www.untd.org/; http://dsnra.jpl.nasa.gov/~kuiper/; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); Email Communication Tom Kuiper-Nauticapedia 15/07/2019);
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2019-07-16 00:00:00

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