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The ASP History Committee |
The History Committee of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific was formed in 1982 and consists of nine members appointed to three-year terms by the ASP Board of Directors.
The Committee’s most important charge is to present history sessions at the annual meetings of the Society. These sessions often bring together the various groups—professional astronomers, amateur astronomers, teachers, and armchair astronomers—that make up the Society.
One of the Committee’s members, Katherine Bracher, has produced the “Echoes of the Past” column for Mercury since 1983, while another, Joseph Tenn, maintains the Bruce Medalists website and has written a number of biographies of Bruce medalists for the magazine.
The Committee also provides advice to the Board and to the Executive Director on matters dealing with history, including historical slide sets, obituaries, and the disposition of back issues of journals.
Current Membership
Membership expires following the annual meeting of the year indicated.
| Barbara J. Becker, University of California, Irvine | 2004 |
| Katherine Bracher, Whitman College (Chair) | 2004 |
| John W. Briggs, Yerkes Observatory | 2002 |
| Joann Eisberg, Citrus College | 2003 |
| Roy H. Garstang, University of Colorado | 2004 |
| Rudi Paul Lindner, University of Michigan | 2005 |
| Donald E. Osterbrock, University of California, Santa Cruz |
2003 |
| JoAnn Palmeri, University of Oklahoma |
2005 |
| Barbara Welther, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | 2003 |
Past Chairs
| Donald E. Osterbrock, University of California, Santa Cruz |
1981-86 |
| Woodruff T. Sullivan, III, University of Washington | 1986-92 |
| Joseph S. Tenn, Sonoma State University | 1993-99 |
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JST 2002-09-23 |