B. McLaughlin

Dean B. McLaughlin was an American astronomer born on October 25, 1901, in Brooklyn, New York City, who served as a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan until his death on December 8, 1965, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was the father of science fiction author Dean B. McLaughlin, Jr. A crater on Mars, the Moon's far side crater McLaughlin, and asteroid 2024 McLaughlin are named in his honor.[1]