Education
- PhD, University of California, 1949
- AB, University of California, 1947
Employment
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Retired, on call, 1993-date; Distinguished Scientist, 1987-1992;
Senior Scientist, 1985-1987.
- University of Arizona, Optical Sciences, Professor
Emeritus, 1985-date; Professor, 1973-1985; Director and Chairman, 1966-1973; Steward
Observatory, Director, 1961-1966; Department of Astronomy,
Professor, 1961-1973
- Kitt Peak National Observatory, Director, 1958-1961
- National Science Foundation, Executive Secretary, Advisory
Committee, 1954-1958
- Yerkes and McDonald Observatories, Associate Director, 1953-1956
- University of Chicago, Associate Professor, 1950-1953; Research
Associate, 1949-1950
- United States Navy, Ensign, 1945-1946; Seaman, 1st Class,
1944-1945
- California Institute of Technology, Research Associate, 1942-1944
Honors and Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 1962
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, President,
Rocky Mountain and Southwestern Division, 1964-1965
- American Astronomical Society, Warner Prize, 1954; Council,
1959-1962
- American Institute of Physics Governing Board, 1971-1973
- Optical Society of Southern California
- California Lutheran College, Convocator, 1961-1963; Regent,
1963-1971
- Astronomical Society of the Republic of China, Honorary Member
- International Astronomical union, Member, Commission 44; Vice
President, Commission 9, 1971-1973; President, Commission 9,
1973-1976
- National Research Council, Division of Physical Sciences,
1972-1976
- Optical Society of America, Adolph Lomb Medal, 1952; Board of
Directors, 1964-1968; Fellow, 1965; President-Elect, 1971-1972;
President, 1972-1973; Ives Medal, 1980
- USAF Scroll of Appreciation, 1967
- SPIE -- International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Goddard
Award, 1984; Fellow, 1988; Kingslake Medal and Award, 1993, Gold
Medal, 1997
- University of Arizona, Honorary Doctor of Science, 1990; Optical
Sciences building named "Meinel Building", 1993
- George van Biesbroeck Award for Services in Astronomy, 1990
- NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1993
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow,
2006
Research
- Astrophysics, spectroscopy, upper atmospheric physics, glass
technology, optical design, instrumentation, space systems, solar
energy
Observatory Projects
- McDonald Observatory, Ft. Davis, Texas; Associate Director; design
supervision of construction and installation of the 36-inch
telescope
- Kitt Peak national observatory, Tucson, Arizona; Executive
Secretary in charge of site selection and design of 36-inch amd
85-inch telescopes. Director in charge of construction and
installation of telescopes, telescope auxiliaries, and observatory
buildings
- Steward Observatory, Tucson, Arizona; Director in charge of
construction and relocation of the 36-inch telescope; design,
construction and installation of the 94-inch telescope
- Osmania university, Hyderabad, India; Foreign Advisor for
completion of 48-inch telescope construction and installation
- Optical Sciences; Director; conceptual design for the
multiple mirror telescope (MMT), 186-inch equivalent aperture
- National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Republic of China;
Foreign Advisor for construction and installation of 24-inch
telescope
Books
- D.L. Crawford, A.B. Meinel and Martha W. Stockton, eds., A
Symposium on Support and Testing of Large Astronomical Mirrors,
Optical Sciences Technical Report 30, July 1968, 252 pp.
- A.B. Meinel, A.F. Aveni, and Martha W. Stockton, Catalog of
Emission Lines in Astrophysical Objects, Optical Sciences Center
Technical Report 27, June 1968, 195 pp.
- A.B. Meinel and M.P. Meinel, Power for the People,
McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, 1971, 280 pp.
- A.B. Meinel and M.P. Meinel, Applied Solar Energy: An
Introduction, Addison-Wesley, 1976, 650 pp.
- A.B. Meinel and M.P. Meinel, Sunsets, Twilights, and Evenings
Skies, Cambridge University Press, 1983, 163 pp.
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