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Henry L. Giclas (1910 - 2007)
Lowell Observatory astronomer Henry Lee Giclas died of a stroke 2 April 2007 in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he was born 9 December 1910 and lived nearly all of his 96 years. He is best known for a lengthy survey of proper motions of stars and the discovery of a number of asteroids and comets.
Massive Black Holes: Birth, Growth and Impact
Jaylee M. Mead (1929 - 2012)
An obituary is being prepared by the AAS Historical Astronomy Division. Contact the Chair of the Obituary Committee to supply or request additional information.
AAS Electronic Announcement #236 - September 2012
AAS Electronic Announcement #236 - September 2012
Mailed 11 September 2012
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Aspen Summer Workshop: "The Milky Way as a Laboratory for Galaxy Formation"
2013 Candidate Statement Form
Please use this form to submit your candidate statement and biography for the upcoming 2013 AAS election. The dealine for submission is 15 October 2012.
Spark: The AAS Education Newsletter
Spark is the AAS Education Newsletter. It consists primarily of original articles about or related to the education programs and activities of the American Astronomical Society and its members.
13th Divisional Meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the AAS
9th Chandra/CIAO Workshop
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AAS Electronic Announcement #235 - August 2012
AAS Electronic Announcement #235 - August 2012
Mailed 9 August 2012
Craig B. Waff (1946 - 2012)
Craig Waff, a leading historian of astronomy, died five days after a heart attack he suffered while doing historical research in the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. He suffered the heart attack just two days after successfully observing the June 5, 2012 transit of Venus from the 150-foot solar tower at Mt. Wilson Observatory.
Outstanding Problems in Massive Star Research --the final stages
Kenneth M. Yoss [node:field_obit_suffix_name] (1926 - 2012)
After accepting a beginning position at the University of Illinois Department of Astronomy in 1964, I was told I would be joined by Ken Yoss, who had been hired as full professor. By odd coincidence, I had worked for him as a beginning grad student teaching assistant in 1960 at the University of Michigan, where Ken was taking a summer break from Mt.
Kinsey A. Anderson (1926 - 2012)
Kinsey A. Anderson, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a pioneer in the field now called space physics, died June 11, 2012, in Pinole, Calif. He was 85 and suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.
AAS Electronic Announcement #234 - July 2012
AAS Electronic Announcement #234 - July 2012
Mailed 11 July 2012
Arthur A. Page (1922 - 2011)
Arthur Page – A Tribute
October 2012
