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A joint release fromThe University of Texas at Austin
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Stanford University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Press Release Sent: October 1, 1997
Key Figures in Design and Construction of Hobby-Eberly
Telescope Available for Interviews During Dedication Ceremony
Scientists and engineers who played a role in the design and construction
of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope will be available for a question-and-answer
session and interviews immediately following the telescope dedication,
October 8.
Also available will be additional representatives of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope partner institutions and astronomers who will use the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in their scientific research.
The question-and-answer session will take place at the dedication ceremony stage, starting at the end of the ceremonyroximately 11:00 a.m.
EditorNote: To arrange telephone interviews with any of those listed below on the day of the dedication ceremony, contact Sandra Barnes at 512/475-6765.
Those available for interviews will include:
Mark Adams, Ph.D.
Superintendent of McDonald Observatory
Hans Andersen, Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Natural Sciences, Stanford University
Thomas G. Barnes III, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of McDonald Observatory,
who is heading the commissioning team for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Frank Bash, Ph.D.
Director of McDonald Observatory and holder of the Frank N. Edmonds,
Jr., Regents Professorship in Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin;
he serves as chairman of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Board.
John Booth
Engineer who was responsible for the design and procurement of the
Hobby-Eberly Telescope structure, including the drive and the air bearing
system, and manager for the design and construction of the telescopetracker.
Blas Cabrera
Chairman of the Department of Physics, Stanford University
William Cochran, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist at McDonald Observatory and a member of the
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Science Committee
Robert E. Eberly
Benefactor of the Eberly College of Science at Penn State and one of
the namesakes of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Peter T. Flawn, Ph.D.
President ad interim of the University of Texas at Austin
Klaus Fricke, Ph.D.
Professor of Astronomy at Georg-August University in Goettingen, Germany,
and a member of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Board
John Glaspey, Ph.D.
Facilities Manager of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Howard Grotch, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, Eberly College of Science at Penn State and member of
the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Board
Andreas Heldrich, J.D.
Rektor (President) of Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany
Bill Hobby
Former Lieutenant Governor of Texas and one of the namesakes of the
Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Robert Kirshner, Ph.D.
Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University; he will deliver a talk
on the scientific promise of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope on the evening
of Tuesday, October 7.
Victor Krabbendam
Engineer, responsible for the design and construction of the primary
mirror assembly, including the truss and the mirror segments; he also contributed
to the design of the Center of Curvature Alignment Sensor.
Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Ph.D.
Member of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Board, is director of the Munich
University Observatory and professor of astronomy at Ludwig-Maximilians
University in Munich.
David Lambert, Ph.D.
Holds the Isabel McCutcheon Harte Centennial Professorship in Astronomy
at the University of Texas at Austin. He is an expert on the chemical abundances
of stars.
Peter Meszaros, Ph.D.
Member of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Board and chairman of the Department
of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State
Vahe Petrosian, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Department of Astronomy, Stanford University
Larry Ramsey, Ph.D.
Co-inventor and Project Scientist of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope; Ramsey
has been active in its construction and commissioning, and is designing
and constructing the medium-resolution spectrograph that will be one of
the telescopethree main instruments. He is a professor in the the Department
of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State.
Mary Ann Rankin, Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas
at Austin
Edward Robinson, Ph.D.
The William B. Blakemore II Regents Professor in Astronomy at the University
of Texas at Austin; he is chairman of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Science
Committee
Roger Romani, Ph.D.
Member of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Board; he is assistant professor
of physics at Stanford University.
Hans-Ludwig Schreiber, J.D.
President of Georg-August University in Munich, Germany
Tom Sebring
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Project Manager, headed the construction team
for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope; he is now project manager of the SOAR Telescope
project with National Optical Astronomical Observatories in Tucson, Arizona.
Graham Spanier, Ph.D.
President of Penn State; he holds academic appointments as professor
of human development and family studies, professor of sociology, and professor
of family and community medicine.
Daniel Weedman, Ph.D.
Co-inventer of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope; he is a professor in the
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State.
Steven Weinberg, Ph.D.
Regental Professor and Jack S. Josey?Welch Foundation Chair in Science
at the University of Texas at Austin and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics;
he will deliver the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dedication Address.
Jacqueline B. Wender
Assistant to the President of Stanford University
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Contacts:
FOR INTERVIEWS ON OCTOBER 8:
Sandra Barnes, McDonald Observatory, 512/475-6765 until Oct. 6 one 915/426-3263 on and after Oct. 6
FOR OTHER ASSISTANCE:
Barbara K. Kennedy, Penn State, 814-863-4682 (fax 814-863-1003, mailto:science@psu.edu)
Joel W. Barna, McDonald Observatory, 512/471-6335 (fax 512/471-6016)
Editor's Note: Copies of this and other press releases about the Hobby-Eberly
Telescope dedication are available at high-resolution images are available
at http://www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/het/het.html
and at
http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/het/index/het.html
