Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics . Olin Eggen, former director of Mount Stromlo Observatory and Professor of Astronomy at the ANU (1966-1977), and one of the great figures of modern optical astronomy, suffered a severe heart attack on arrival at Canberra airport and died in Canberra Hospital on October 2. ... At that time, Joel Stebbins and Albert Whitford in Madison had refined a new electronic technique to measure the brightnesses and colors of stars. ... Annual Report 1998 . ...