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My Take
Harold "Hap" McSween is exactly the kind of mind I admire. A planetary geoscientist from Charlotte, North Carolina, and Chancellor's Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee, he built his career reading the origins of the solar system in meteorites, stones that literally fell from space. His honors, the Leonard Medal, the J. Lawrence Smith Medal, and AAAS fellowship, mark him as a heavyweight in his field. What I love most is that he also wrote popular books, choosing to share the cosmos with ordinary readers. A scholar who looked up at the sky and found the universe in a rock has my full enthusiasm.
Overview
Harry "Hap" Younger McSween Jr. is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Planetary Geoscience at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He has published papers and popular books about meteorites and planetary exploration, and textbooks on geochemistry and cosmochemistry.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Harold Y. McSween
- Name (Japanese)
- ハロルド・マクスウィーン
- Reading
- はろるど・まくすうぃーん
- Born
- September 29, 1945 (age 80)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rooster
- Origin
- Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- geologist / astrophysicist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Georgia
Awards & achievements
- 2012 J. Lawrence Smith Medal
- 2001 Leonard Medal
- 2013 Whipple Award
- 2008 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Astrophysicist — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.