Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:46:25 -0500
Subject: DPS Mailing #05-30: In Memoriam, Andy Lubenow....
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1) In Memoriam: Andy Lubenow (1956-2005)
2) DPS Survey Revisited
3) Reminder: VEXAG Meeting
4) Job Announcements
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IN MEMORIAM: ANDY LUBENOW (1956-2005)
Andy Lubenow (1956-2005)
It is with great sadness that we report to you the passing
of Andy Lubenow after a short battle with cancer. Andy
worked at the Space Telescope Science Institute for over
20 years in many areas of HST operations. He will be greatly
missed by those of us who were fortunate enough to have
known him. Many DPS members will remember Andy as a strong
advocate of planetary science using HST, and as a skilled
expert in designing often complex observational sequences
for planetary objects. Some details on Andy's life, career,
and contributions to planetary science can be found at:
http://heritage.stsci.edu/2001/24/bio/bio_lubenow.html
(Submitted by Jim Bell).
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE:
LAST REMINDER ABOUT DPS SURVEY
Dear Colleagues,
The DPS committee needs your input in order to assess and
respond effectively to the state of our field. We will
not be able to represent your needs or interests effectively
unless you take the survey. There is no better way to make
yourself heard. It doesn't matter what the state of your
membership or your career status is; we want to know what you
think.
The survey is quite painless, takes no more than half an
hour, and will provide valuable data on our field and our
colleagues. If you are uncertain whether or not you've
finished the survey, please try it. The program will not let
you complete the survey more than once, so there is no
need to worry about biasing the data set. The cutoff date
for participating is October 15, 2005, but please do not wait
until the last minute. Please do it now!
The survey can be found at:
http://tinyurl.com/7l9l8
Your login is your AAS membership number, which you can
get from the AAS (http://www.aas.org/) in case you have misplaced
it. (If you search for yourself in the Public Directory, your
membership number will be at the end of the URL).
Richard G. French, DPS Chair, and the DPS Committee
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REMINDER: VEXAG meeting, November 4, 2005, Pasadena, CA.
Draft Program and Meeting Details can be found at
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/vexag/1st_comm_meeting.html
If you intend to attend this meeting, please send
a message to [email protected] saying "I will attend", and
make sure to give your name. If you want to make an
"open mike" presentation (1 ppt slide, maximum of 8 minutes),
please send a message to vexag @ lpi.usra.edu saying
"open mike presentation"
If you have already responded to email, there is no need
to resend your information. (Submitted by Stephen Mackwell).
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1) Lowell Observatory Predoctoral Fellowship Program.
Deadline is December 1, 2005. For more information visit
us on the web at http://www.lowell.edu/Research/predoc/index.html
or contact Dr. Will Grundy (grundy) or
Dr. Lisa Prato (lprato) @ lowell.edu.
2) Harvard University Department of Astronomy and Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences. One or two faculty
positions at the assistant or associate professor level
(tenure-track). Deadline is December 1, 2005. Contact
Planetary Search Committee c/o Jean Collins
(jcollins @ cfa.harvard.edu).
3) 2005 Summer Science Program Faculty. Contact
SSP Trustee Dr. Thomas Steiman-Cameron, Astronomy Dept.,
Indiana University, [email protected],
(812) 855-2400, or see http://www.summerscience.org/jobs.
Send submissions (no attachments, please) to:
Linda French Emmons, DPS Secretary (lfrench @ iwu.edu)
Department of Physics
Illinois Wesleyan University
P. O. Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702