Donald York, University of Chicago astronomer who co-founded the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, dies at 81

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Feb. 7, 2026, 6 a.m.
Last Updated Feb. 7, 2026, 6 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/donald-g-york-obituary/

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Donald G. York was a longtime University of Chicago astronomer and astronomy professor who co-founded the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a wide-ranging mapping of the solar system that produced a three-dimensional map of a large fraction of the sky. York, considered a visionary within his field, was beh...