Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:41:08 -0600
Subject: DPS Mailing #05-07: In Memoriam: Henry Brinton....
 
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 1) IN MEMORIAM: HENRY BRINTON
 2) DPS PRIZE NOMINATIONS DEADLINE: MARCH 7
 3) MEETINGS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST TO DPS MEMBERS
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IN MEMORIAM: HENRY BRINTON
 
Henry C. Brinton, who passed away February 18, played an important 
role in the development and management of NASA Planetary Science 
Program. Henry began his career at the Naval Research Laboratory 
in 1958, but shortly afterwards he joined the newly formed Goddard 
Space Flight Center. At Goddard, he quickly developed an active 
research program, and was involved in a number of NASA missions 
including Pioneer Venus. He moved to NASA Headquarters in the 1980 
after 20 years at Goddard Space Flight Center. At Headquarters he 
initially managed the Planetary Atmospheres program, but subsequently 
became involved in the formulation and implementation of a number of 
NASA missions. He managed the selection of the instruments and the 
science team for the Cassini-Huygens mission and served as program 
scientist for that mission through launch until his retirement in 
1998. From 1996 through 1998 he led the Research Program Management 
Division in the office of Space Science (OSS) at NASA Headquarters, 
which was responsible at that time for all OSS Research and Analysis 
programs. In retirement, he remained active as a consultant to NASA.
 
A memorial service will be held at the Christian Community Presbyterian 
Church, 3120 Belair Dr., Bowie, MD on Thursday, February 24, at 11 a.m. 
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Fairfax Presbyterian 
Church, 10723 Main St., Fairfax, VA 22030 in support of the Medical 
Missions in Honduras.
 
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2005 DPS PRIZE NOMINATIONS DEADLINE: MARCH 7
 
As announced in Mailings #05-01 and 05-02, the DPS Prize Subcommittee 
is seeking nominations for 2005 winners of the Urey, Kuiper, Masursky, 
and Sagan Prizes. The deadline for submission of completed 
applications is 7 March, 2005.
 
More information is available at 
http://www.aas.org/~dps/prizes_contact.html
, along with a nomination form. A complete nomination will be considered 
by the Prize subcommittee for three years. You may wish to contact 
me to see if there already is an active pending nomination for your 
candidate. Because of the time it takes to accumulate materials needed 
for a nomination, I encourage all of you to begin as soon as possible. 
The award will be presented at the 2005 DPS meeting in Cambridge, England.
 
William D. Cochran
DPS Prize Subcommittee Chair
McDonald Observatory
1 University Station C1402
Austin TX 78712-0259
Ph: (512) 471-6474
Fax: (512) 471-6016
wdc at astro.as.utexas.edu
 
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MEETINGS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST TO DPS MEMBERS
 
1) 3rd International Planetary Probe Workshop
June 27 - July 1, 2005, Anavyssos, Attiki, Greece
Abstract Deadline: May 1, 2005
Workshop URL: http://web.ims.demokritos.gr/IPPW-3/
 
2) Workshop on the Role of Volatiles and Atmospheres on Martian Impact Craters
Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD
July 11-15, 2005
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/volatiles2005/
Indication of Interest due Feb. 24, 2005. Abstracts due April 20, 2005
 
3) 6th International Workshop on "Planetary and Solar Radio Emissions" (PRE VI),
 also celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the detection of Jupiter radio emission,
Graz, Austria
April 20 - 22, 2005
http://pre6.oeaw.ac.at/
Abstract deadline 1 March 2005

 
Linda French Emmons, DPS Secretary
send submissions to lfrench at iwu.edu
Submissions should be in text format (no attachments, please).