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Uco van Wijk
Uco
van
Wijk
was a
Dutch
astronomer
and
educator
who
founded
the astronomy
program
at the
University of Maryland
and was instrumental in bringing
Gart Westerhout
from
the Netherlands
to become
Department Head
.
Honors
The
crater
Van Wijk
on
the Moon
is named after him.
The astronomy
library
at the University of
Maryland
is named after him.
The Sundial
located in the
center
of
McKeldin Mall
on the
campus
was originally a
gift
from the
Class
of
1965
, the
Department
of Physics and Astronomy, and friends of
Professor
Uco
Van
Wijk. It was
renovated
with donations from the Class of 1990.
