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In the 1950s he worked a few years at the Yerkes Observatory, before returning to Europe in 1957 to become director of the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute in Groningen.
He served as director at the Sterrenkundig Laboratorium (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute) in Groningen and later served for many years as president of the International Astronomical Union (1932-1958).