====== History ======

Many students and postdocs were trained at the CSO.

  * [[students]]
  * [[postdocs]]

The CSO has been a pioneer in the development of submillimeter astronomy since the 1980s. 
 
  *[[http://www.cso.caltech.edu/cso_history/CSO-Tom.pdf|The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory]], Thomas Phillips
  *[[http://www.cso.caltech.edu/cso_history/CSO_History|A Brief History of CSO]], Walter Steiger, 2009 January
  *[[http://www.cso.caltech.edu/cso_history/CSO_HeterodyneRx_History.pdf|Heterodyne Receiver Development at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory]], Jacob Kooi, 2009


=== Robert B. Leighton ===

The Leighton telescope at the CSO is named after Robert B. Leighton, who designed it.
  * [[wp>Robert_B._Leighton_(physicist)|Robert B. Leighton]] (Wikipedia)
  * [[leighton-bio]] (Charles Peck, 1997 March)
  * [[http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/11782|Renowned Physicist Robert B. Leighton Dies]] (Caltech, 1997 March 10)
  * [[http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/14/us/robert-leighton-77-physicist-involved-in-space-exploration.html?scp=1&sq=leighton&st=nyt|Robert Leighton, 77, Physicist Involved in Space Exploration]] (New York Times, 1997 March 14)
  * [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.881893|Robert Benjamin Leighton]] (Charles Peck, Gerry Neugebauer, and Rochus Vogt, Physics Today, 1997 September)
  * [[http://physics.usc.edu/solar/history.html#OSCILATE|Helioseismology]]
  * [[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4z09p5zv|Guide to the Papers of Robert B. Leighton, 1938-1988]] 

=== Thomas G. Phillips ===

Tom Phillips established the CSO.

  * [[wp>Thomas_G._Phillips|Thomas G. Phillips]] (Wikipedia)
  * [[https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-thomas-g-phillips|Caltech Mourns the Passing of Thomas G. Phillips]] (Caltech 2022 August 15)
  * [[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6287045|Terahertz Pioneer: Thomas G. Phillips]] (Peter H. Siegel, 2012 IEEE Trans. THz Sci. Tech. 2, 478)

=== Gimbel building ===

In Hilo, the CSO offices are located in the Georgina and William Gimbel Building.
  * [[http://www.cso.caltech.edu/outreach/log/CSO_History/Caltech%20PR%20Gimbel.htm|New Gimbel Building at Caltech Submillimeter Observatory to Receive Groundblessing and Groundbreaking]] 1995-06-05
  * [[http://www.caltech.edu/content/new-gimbel-building-caltech-submillimeter-observatory-receive-groundblessing-and|New Gimbel Building at Caltech Submillimeter Observatory to Receive Groundblessing and Groundbreaking]] 1995-06-05
  * [[http://www.cso.caltech.edu/cso_history/CALTECH%20BASE%20FACILITY.pdf|The story of the CSO base facility in Hilo]], Walter Steiger, 2008