Lexington, Massachusetts
HUCHRA, John Peter Of Lexington, Oct. 8, 2010. Husband of Rebecca M. Henderson. John is also survived by his parents, Mieccyslaw Huchra and Helen (Lewicki), by a son, Harry, and by a sister, Christine. Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University; Member of the National Academy. Visiting Hours...
Read MoreI always think of John at Thanksgiving, and his kindness at taking waif and stray foreign students like me in to his home, feeding us turkey, and explaining the finer points of football. Thank you John. You are still much missed by your colleagues.
Michael Merrifield
November 29, 2024 | Work
After all these years, finally had a chance to visit JPH's grave with my wife Heidi as I was moving my daughter Cassie to Boston. So grateful for the time John shared with me.
Ron Marzke
July 12, 2024
It's 2024, well over ten years since John Huchra passed away. I work in Perth Australia and have not been travelling much in the past few years so have not stayed closely in touch with the American astronomical community, hence I just found out about his death. I came to John's past work because I have been researching the origin of the concept of a RATE of star formation in galaxies. In so doing, I came across the early work of John in the 1970s. In some of those papers he noted the need...
Gerhardt Meurer
March 01, 2024
I often think of John, and it always brings a smile. One memory I have is sitting in a crowded restaurant in Boston with John, talking the Hubble constant and other cosmology - our experiences with some of the great cosmologists and their unique personalities. He had begun to use a low voice then, and we had to lean over to hear each other, making the conversation feel like spies reporting on the circle of power. He told me that he had seen the z-machine recently at the Smithsonian, and...
Nicholas Suntzeff
October 03, 2023 | Friend
Still thinking of him
David
October 03, 2022 | Work
Thank you John! We all miss you as a colleague and friend.
Jaan Einasto
October 08, 2019 | Tõravere, Estonia | Friend
I first met John in kindergarten,Grant School Ridgefield Park N.J.and we went to school together through high school. His name came up in the RPHS alumni newsletter as being one of the most sucessful students in our school. Little did I know how sucessful he had become. I feel so sad to find out of his death and not being able to contact him to tell him what an amazing contribution he has made to this world.We all drift apart over the years. It's so sad that this is the way things go. When I...
Joanne Smith-Baertschi
November 11, 2012 | Janesville, WI
NOO
Bill Johnson
September 08, 2012 | Jamestown, AR
My sympathy for you & ur family.
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Katrina Martin
April 17, 2012 | Niles, IL