Harry McSween

Harry "Hap" Younger McSween Jr
Born (1945-09-29) September 29, 1945 (age 79)
Alma materUniversity of Georgia, Harvard
Known forMeteoritics
AwardsLeonard Medal, Leconte Medal, J. Lawrence Smith Medal, Whipple Award
Scientific career
FieldsMeteoritics
InstitutionsUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville
Thesis Petrologic and chemical studies of the (C3) carbonaceous meteorites  (1977)
Doctoral advisorJohn A. Wood
Websiteweb.eps.utk.edu/~faculty/mcsween/mcsween.html

Harry "Hap" Y. McSween Jr. is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Planetary Geoscience at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He has published papers and popular books about meteorites and planetary exploration, and textbooks on geochemistry and cosmochemistry.