The AAVSO and Dorrits Contributions Arne A Henden
The AAVSO and Dorrit’s Contributions Arne A. Henden Director
Dorrit and the AAVSO ¶Became member in 1930 ¶First term as council member in 1943 ¶(Director MMO 1957 -1978) ¶AAVSO President 1961 -1963 ¶Olcott Distingished Service Award 2002 Dorrit at the June 1961 AAVSO meeting
Dorrit’s AAVSO membership application
AAVSO meeting, 1930
AAVSO meeting, 1930
BD +20 2337 is AB Leo, a semiregular pulsating star
BD +20 2337 is AB Leo, a semiregular pulsating star
The AAVSO has 5128 observations of AB Leo in its database
No AAVSO observations of this suspected flare star!
90 th birthday symposium, 1997
AAVSO council meeting, 1998
MWM, Dorrit, and Janet, February 1993
Council Service ¶ 1943 -1945 Councilor (2 years) ¶ 1954 -1958 Councilor (4 years) ¶ 1958 -1960 2 nd VP (2 years) ¶ 1960 -1961 1 st VP (1 year) ¶ 1961 -1963 President (2 years) ¶ 1963 -1965 Past Pres. (2 years) ¶ 1972 -1974 Councilor (2 years) ¶ 1977 -1981 Councilor (4 years) ¶ 1989 -1993 Councilor (4 years) Total: 23 years!
Talking with John Percy, AAVSO President, 1990
Giving AAVSO paper, about 1995
MMO Years (1957 -1978) ¶ 105 students, many attended AAVSO meetings ¶ Roughly 358 variables observed, 111 new or revised periods ¶ Friedel and Kundsin, Photographic Observations of RS Oph, 1958 (first student paper) ¶ 44 AAVSO Abstract papers by students ¶ 41 AAVSO Journal papers by students
Receiving Olcott Distinguished Service Award, 2002
AAVSO Publications ¶ 4 books ¶ 16 AAVSO Abstract papers ¶ 36 AAVSO Journal papers (last in 2002)
Dorrit’s Contributions to the AAVSO ¶Years of service to AAVSO
Dorrit’s Contributions to the AAVSO ¶Years of service to AAVSO ¶Mentoring of students
Dorrit’s Contributions to the AAVSO ¶Years of service to AAVSO ¶Mentoring of students ¶Papers (JAAVSO)
Dorrit’s Contributions to the AAVSO ¶Years of service to AAVSO ¶Mentoring of students ¶Papers (JAAVSO) ¶Finding Janet!
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