Kenneth Irwin Kellermann (born July 1, 1937)[1] is an American astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.[2][3] He is best known for his work on quasars. He won the Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society in 1971,[4] and the Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 2014.
Kellerman was a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[5] the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[6] and the American Philosophical Society.[7]
Kellermann was born in New York City to Alexander Kellermann and Rae Kellermann (née Goodstein). His paternal grandparents emigrated from Hungary and his maternal grandparents from Romania.[8][9][10]