An academic universe

Edwin Salpeter, left, the James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences emeritus, and Joseph Burns, right, professor of astronomy and the Irving Porter Church Professor of Engineering, join Joseph Veverka, chair of the Department of Astronomy, at a symposium, "Exploration of the Universe," Oct. 5 in the Biotechnology Building honoring Veverka's 60th birthday. Photographs by Frank DiMeo/University Photography

At the symposium, astronomer William Liller (left) talks with Veverka. Liller, who was chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy when Veverka was a doctoral student at that university, later moved to the Instituto Isaac Newton in Santiago, Chile, where he is now senior research astronomer.