American Astronomical Society

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Due to the large number of AAS Committees with independent terms of service, committee compositions change throughout the year. Please contact John Graham (aassec@aas.org) if corrections or updates are needed.

Table Of Contents

Presidential Appointment Committees:

• Appointments Committee
• Budget Committee
• Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy
• Committee on Membership
• Committee on New Communications
• Committee on Professional Development
• Committee on Topical Sessions for Summer Meetings

Standing Committees, Boards, And Working Groups:

• Astronomy Education Board
• Audit Committee
• Committee on Employment
• Investment Advisory Committee
• Committee on Light Pollution, Radio Interference and Space Debris
• Committee on Meetings
• Nominating Committee
• Obituary Committee
• Publications Board
• Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy
• Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy
• Working Group on Astronomical Software (WGAS)
• Working Group on Laboratory Astrophysics (WGLA)
• Working Group on the Preservation of Astronomical Heritage (WGPAH)

Grant, Prize, And Award Committees:

• Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award Committee
• Annie Jump Cannon Award Committee
• Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award Committee
• Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards Committee
• Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize Committee
• Dannie Heineman Prize Committee
• Education Prize Committee
• George Van Biesbroeck Prize Committee
• Henri Chretien Grant Committee
• Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation Committee
• Russell Lecture Committee
• Small Research Grant Committee
• Student Award Committee
• Warner/Pierce Prize Committee

Journal Editors:

• Astronomical Journal
• Astrophysical Journal
• Astrophysical Journal Letters
• Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
• Icarus

AAS Representatives To Other Organizations Or Committees:

• American Institute of Physics
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• USNC for the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Committee
• USNC for the International Union of Radio Science