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By The Washington Post / The Bulletin
May 31, 2008
Hein Hvatum, who in the 1970s and ’80s supervised construction of one of the world’s most powerful radio observatories, died of cancer May 22 at his home in Charlottesville, Va. He was 85.
In 1974, Hvatum assumed responsibility for construction of the National Radio Astronomy....