Biography
Jorge Sahade Kassab, Argentine astronomer (Alta Gracia, Cordoba Province 23 February 1915 – La Plata 18 November 2012)
Son of Syrian immigrants
Expert on astrophysics and stellar spectroscopy
Authored more than 190 works
Studied Struve-Sahade effect (1962)
Discovered spectral features in various systems
Authored A systematic effect in the radial velocities determined with an oscilloscope-type comparator
HONORS
President, International Astronomical Union (1985-8)
Asteroid Sahade 2605
Diploma of Recognition, NASA (1994)
Distinguished Foreign Scholar, Mid-State American Universities, Nebraska university (1988)
