Gehrels
Gehrels is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Franz Gehrels (1922–2018), German-American economist and university teacher * Jürgen Gehrels (born 1935), German businessman * Neil Gehrels (1952–2017), American astrophysicist * Tom Gehrels Anton M.J. "Tom" Gehrels (February 21, 1925 – July 11, 2011) was a Dutch–American astronomer, Professor of Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Biography Youth and education Gehrels was born at Haa ...

Neil Gehrels
Cornelis A. "Neil" Gehrels (October 3, 1952 – February 6, 2017) was an American astrophysicist specializing in the field of gamma-ray astronomy. He was Chief of the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) from 1995 until his death, and was best known for his work developing the field from early balloon instruments to today's space observatories such as the NASA Swift mission, for which he was the Principal investigator. He was leading the WFIRST (now called the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope) wide-field infrared telescope forward toward a launch in the mid-2020s. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Gehrels died on February 6, 2017, at the age of 64. On January 10, 2018, NASA announced that Swift had been renamed the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, in his honor. Early life and education Gehrels was born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, on October 3, 1952. His father was astro ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Franz Gehrels
Franz Gehrels (22 March 1922, in Eckernförde – 6 November 2018, in Irschenberg) was a German-American economist and university teacher. In his scientific work he devoted himself in particular to the further development of the theory of international trade relations. In the 1970s he became an internationally recognized pioneer of advanced theory of international trade, among others by providing cutting-edge research on the optimal structure of trade and capital taxes. Life Franz Gehrels, the son of the physician Frank Gehrels (1885–1974) and his wife Marie, b. Barsoe (1901–1974) was born in 1922 in Eckernförde, Northern Germany. His parents emigrated with their two-and-a-half-year-old son to the US in March 1924 via Bremerhaven and Ellis Island, New York City, to San Mateo, California. Franz Gehrels was married to Katharine (Kathy) Gehrels, b. Fechner (1914–2007). The couple has two daughters. After his studies and doctorate at Stanford University, Gehrels taught 22 ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Jürgen Gehrels
Jürgen Carlos Gehrels FIET (born 24 July 1935) is a German businessman, and a former Chief Executive and Chairman of Siemens UK (Siemens Holdings plc). Early life He was the son of Dr Hans Gehrels and Ursula da Rocha. He attended the Technical University of Munich and the Technical University of Berlin. Career Siemens From 1965-79 he worked for Siemens AG in Germany. Siemens UK He became Chief Executive of Siemens UK in 1986. In 1995 he was responsible for opening the Siemens Semiconductors plant on North Tyneside, a £1.1bn inward investment; the largest-ever inward investment in the UK. The plant was opened by the Queen in May 1997. The site is now the Cobalt Business Park, off the A19. He left as Chairman of Siemens UK in September 2007. At the time, Siemens employed around 20,000 people in the UK, turning over around £3.5bn. Personal life He lives at Porlezza in Italy. He married Sigrid Kausch in 1963, and they had a son and a daughter. He is an Anglophile An Angl ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]