NAME: Margherita
SURNAME: Hack
NATIONALITY: Italian
DATE OF BIRTH: 12 June 1922
DATE OF DEATH: 29 June 2013
JOB: Astrophysics
AWARD: Cortina Ulisse
International Award
ACHIEVEMENT: Member of the most prestigious physical and astronomical
societies, Hack was also director of the Department of Astronomy of the
University of Trieste from 1985 to 1991 and from 1994 to 1997. She was a
member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
She has worked with numerous American and European observatories and
has been for a long time a member of the working groups of ESA and NASA.
