VITA
ARTHUR D. CODE


Born August 13, 1923, Brooklyn, New York. Ph.D. (Astronomy and 
Astrophysics) University of Chicago, 1950. Instructor in Astronomy, 
University of Virginia, 1949-50. Instructor in Astronomy, University 
of Wisconsin, 1950-52; Assistant Professor, 1952-56; Associate 
Professor of Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology and Staff 
Member, Mount  Wilson and Palomar Observatories, 1956-1958. 
Professor of Astronomy, Director of Washburn Observatory, and 
Chairman of Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, 
1958-70. Joel Stebbins and Hilldale Professor of Astronomy, 1970-. Acting 
Director Space Telescope Science Institute, 1981. Director Space Astronomy 
Laboratory, University of Wisconsin 1970-1995. Guest Investigator Mount 
Wilson and Palomar Observatories, Summer 1951, Fall 1952, Summer 
1954, Fall 1955. Visiting Astronomer Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, 
South Africa, 1953. Visiting Astronomer Kitt Peak National 
Observatory, 1967 and 1969, Visiting Astronomer Cerro-Tololo 
Inter-American Observatory, 1978. Currently (1997) WIYN Observatory Scientist. 

Dr. Code has been active in stellar astronomy, galactic structure, 
extragalactic studies, radiation transfer theory, astronomical 
instrumentation and space astronomy. His experience in space 
astronomy dates from his membership on the Astronomy Panel of 
the NAS Space Science Board in 1958. His first investigations of the 
ultraviolet energy distribution of stars was carried out with 
instruments flown on the X-15 research plane and with sounding 
rockets. He was Principal Investigator for the Wisconsin Experiment 
Package aboard the first Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-2). 
The OAO was launched December 7, 1968 and operated for more 
than four years, returning data on the brightness of planets, comets, 
stars and galaxies in the ultraviolet . 

He established the University of Wisconsin Space Astronomy 
Laboratory which has been an active participant in the national 
space program since the formation of NASA in 1959. Code is the 
Principal Investigator for the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-
Polarimeter an attached space shuttle payload. This payload obtained 
it's first set of data during the December 1990 ASTRO mission. The 
second highly successful  mission occurred in March 1995 and Code 
continues as the PI in that program.He is also co-Investigator on the 
Wide Field/Planetary Camera Team, one of the Hubble Space 
Telescopes focal plane instruments. He has been author of 
approximately 150 scientific papers on research in astrophysics and 
space astronomy. 

He served on the NASA Astronomy Mission Board and many other 
National advisory panels and committees, and as President of the 
International Astronomical Union Commission 44 "Astronomy from 
Space".Dr. Code received the NASA Public Service Award, 1970 
,University of Chicago Professional Achievement Award, 1971, the 
NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal 1992. He was elected a 
member of the National Academy of Science, 1971; International 
Academy of Astronautics, 1972; and Fellow of the American 
Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1974. 

He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of 
Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), 1977-1980; Vice 
President American Astronomical Society 1976-1978, President 
American Astronomical Society 1982-1984. Dr Code served on the 
Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Research Council 
(1987-1989), and as chairman of the NRC Astronomy Assesment 
Panel (1992-1994). He served as a Univ. of Wisconsin representative 
on the WIYN board and as a member of the Scientific Advisory 
Committee for the 3.5 meter WIYN Telescope and is currently 
located in Arizona where he serves as the WIYN Observatory Scientist.