Former Harvard Astronomy professor and Adams House Master William Liller â48 couldnât take his eyes off the stars.
In the early 1970s, Liller could be found early in the morning at Harvard College Observatory measuring the sizes of stars, putting in âmore than his share of the workâ each day to aid his graduate students, according to William R. Forman, one of Lillerâs Ph.D. advisees.
âYou would get there at 10 ⦠and there would be this long list of plates that heâd already been through,â Forman said. âHe was not there yelling at us, âYou got to do more.â No, he was just showing us that he was doing it, and we better get to work.â