appointed as the first director of the Adler Planetarium, which would open a year later. He ran the planetarium for eight years, also serving during this time as the first (interim) director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles when it opened in 1935. In May 1937, Fox left this job to become the director of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, a position he retained until 1942. With the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941, Fox again returned to the Army, but did not perform overseas duty. Instead he was the commandant of the Army Signal Corps at Harvard University for part of 1942, then became commandant of the Army Electronics Center at Harvard. He retired from the army in 1943, and continued to lecture at Harvard until his death from a cerebral hemorrhage. The crater Fox on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor. Partial bibliography Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum, An Account of the Optical Planetarium and a Brief Guide to the Museum (1933). David H. Menke, "Phillip Fox and the Adler Planetarium", 1987, Planetarium, Vol 16, #1. References External links Photos, illustrations, and biography Obituary 1878 births 1944 deaths People from Manhattan, Kansas Kansas State University alumni American astronomers United States Army officers American people of the Spanish–American War United States Army personnel of World War I Directors of museums in the United States Scientists from Kansas Northwestern University faculty University of Chicago alumni