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NAIC/AO Newsletter, March 1997
AUSAC and NAIC-VC Membership
The annual meetings of the Arecibo
Users and Scientific Advisory Committee (AUSAC) and the NAIC Visiting Committee
(NAIC-VC) took place in Puerto Rico during December 9-13, 1996.
The AUSAC is a nationally based committee to advise the NAIC Director
on matters concerning the operation of the Arecibo Observatory. Specifically,
the AUSAC offers advice on how the Observatory might provide the lead in
new areas of research, and on what new instrumentation would be appropriate.
The committee also encourages use of the Observatory by visiting scientists,
and helps develop plans for workshops and meetings as appropriate.
The present membership with affiliations and dates of completion of the
three-year terms is given below.
- Thomas Bania, Boston University, 1/99.
- James Breakall, Pennsylvania State University, 1/98.
- Franklin H. Briggs, Kapteyan Astronomical Institute, 1/97.
- Cassandra Fesen, Dartmouth College, 1/98.
- Roger S. Foster, Naval Research Laboratory, 1/99.
- Keith Groves, Phillips Laboratory, 1/98.
- Carl E. Heiles, University of California, Berkeley, 1/97.
- Paul Horowitz, Harvard University, 1/97.
- Miguel F. Larsen, Clemson University, 1/99.
- F. Jay Lockman, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1/99.
- F. Peter Schloerb, Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1/98.
- Chiao-Yao She, Colorado State University, 1/97.
The NAIC-VC, composed of nine distinguished scientists appointed from
institutions other than the NAIC or Cornell University, reports to the president
of Cornell University on the management of the NAIC, its long-range plans,
the financial allocations of the NAIC, and the quality of its scientific
program and scientific staff.
The present membership with affiliations and date of completion of terms
is given below.
- Herbert C. Carlson, Phillips Laboratory, 1/99.
- Chester S. Gardner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1/97.
- Timothy L. Killeen, University of Michigan, 1/98.
- Gillian R. Knapp, Princeton University, 1/97.
- James M. Moran, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1/98.
- Patrick Palmer, University of Chicago, 1/99.
- Philip R. Schwartz, Naval Research Laboratory, 1/99.
- Sean C. Solomon, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1/98.
- Joseph H. Taylor, Princeton University, 1/97.
NAIC/AO Newsletter, March 1997 - 28 MARCH 1997
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