as long as he was the dean of faculty (Gale's writing partner, Millikan, supported eugenics as a trustee of the Human Betterment Foundation). His successor, Arthur Compton, openly accepted Chandrasekhar upon Gale's retirement. References Robert Andrews Millikan biography University of Chicago Photographs External links Guide to the Henry Gordon Gale Papers 1889-1948 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center 1874 births 1942 deaths American astronomers American astrophysicists American physicists American science writers Chicago Maroons football coaches Chicago Maroons football players People from Aurora, Illinois Presidents of the American Physical Society