Reimar Lüst

Reimar Lüst
Born(1923-03-25)25 March 1923
Wuppertal, Germany
Died31 March 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 97)[1]
NationalityGerman
Alma materFrankfurt/Main, University of Göttingen, University of Chicago, Princeton
Known forDirector General of the ESA
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Reimar Lüst (25 March 1923 – 31 March 2020) was a German astrophysicist. He was the president of the German Max Planck Society from 1972 to 1984 and the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA) from 1984 until 1990.[2] Lüst was a professor at New York, MIT and Caltech before he became the director general of the ESA.[3]

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Obituary of the Max Planck Society, German
  2. ↑ "ESA - About ESA - Reimar Lüst". ESA. December 11, 2007. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ Herzberg, Philipp. "Who is Reimar Lüst". The Pulse of the World. Retrieved April 7, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ "Reimar Lüst". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.