He was survived by his wife of 54 years, Irene Hansen (1926-2019), and their son and two daughters. Honors Member, National Academy of Sciences (1966) Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968) Member, American Philosophical Society (1991) Associate, Royal Astronomical Society (1976) Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, American Astronomical Society (1991) Corresponding member, Academia Mexicana de Ciencias (1998) Awards University of Chicago Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award (1982) University Center Distinguished Scholar in Physics and Astronomy, Atlanta, Georgia (1990) Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1991) Gold Medal, Royal Astronomical Society (1997) Antoinette de Vancouleurs Memorial Lectureship and Medal, University of Texas (1994) Hans Lippershey Medal, Antique Telescope Society (1998) University of Chicago Alumni Medal (2000) Leroy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy, Historical Astronomy Division, American Astronomical Society (2002) Named after him Asteroid 6107 Osterbrock Osterbrock Book Prize; the Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize for Historical Astronomy is awarded biennially in odd-numbered years since 2011 Honorary degrees D.Sc., Ohio State University (1986) D.Sc., University of Chicago (1992) D.Sc., University of Wisconsin, Madison (1997) D.Sc., Ohio University (2003) D.Sc., University of Cincinnati (2004) References Obituary, The New York Times, 27 January 2007 Obituary, The Times, 14 March 2007 Obituary, The Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 29 August 2007 Bruce Medal page Press release, UC Santa Cruz, January 12, 2007 External links Lick Observatory page University of California Observatories page "Lessons from Don" by S. Waldee Photographs of Donald Osterbrock from the UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 1924 births Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences 2007 deaths American astronomers University of Chicago alumni University of California, Santa Cruz faculty Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society United States Army soldiers United States Army personnel of World War II Scientists from Cincinnati Members of the American Philosophical Society