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Astronomical Society of the Pacific acknowledges and thanks the
following individuals and funding partners who provided support
for our annual operating budget as well as specific programs from
January 1 to December 31, 2008. Their investment and partnership
made possible the growth of our mission-based programs. Thank you
for your continued support as we work in concert to advance science
literacy through engagement in astronomy. Together, we are making
a difference.
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Benefactor
($25,000 and above)
Estate
of Mark A. Stolle
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Space Science Institute
Spitzer Science Center – JPL
STScI – Origins Education Forum
The Regents of the UC Berkeley
President's
Circle
($5,000 - $24,999)
American
Astronomical Society
Jeffrey Bennett
Terry & Cindy Brennan
Michael F. Cronin
Google, Inc.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.
in support of Bay Area Project ASTRO
Mason Productions, Inc.
Burton & Deedee McMurtry
Gordon* & Diane Myers
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Robert L. Thomason
Edward
S. Holden Society
($2,000 - $4,999)
Astronomy
Magazine
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Kyle W. Blackman
Andrew G. Fraknoi**
in honor of Sidney C. Wolff
Marc A. Gineris†
Russell A. Harding
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in honor of Robert & Ruth Langridge
Ronald Rosano & Susan Morrow
in support of Bay Area Project ASTRO
Neil D. Tyson
University of Arizona – CAPER Team
Universities Space Research Association
Al Whaley
ASP
Associate
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Michael
A. Bennett
Edward K. Conklin
Jo Ann Eder
in honor of John Graham
Frank K. Edmondson
Timothy & Carolyn Ferris
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John A. Graham
Mary Kay Hemenway†
Interstellar Media Productions
James B. Kaler†
Robert P. Kraft
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James G. Manning**
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program – JPL
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Timothy† & Stephanie Slater
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Anonymous
Edna DeVore†
Robert G. Dryden, Jr.
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Roy H. Garstang
in memory of William Rense
John & Gail Gaustad
Michael G. Gibbs**†
William A. Gutsch, Jr.†
Alan S. Kane
Kathleen E. Kraemer
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MWT Associates, Inc.
Stephen M. Pompea
in honor of Irene N. Pompea
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Jr., and
Mr. Russell C. Maag
Dennis L. Schatz
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N. Bash
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Karel Guefen
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Anniversary
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Arnold M. Heiser
Lynne A. Hillenbrand†
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Gerald E. Kron
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in honor of Andy Fraknoi
Robert J. Lundstrom
Conn & Susan Rusche
in support of Bay Area Project ASTRO
Margaret L. McCrary
David & Helen Patterson
Riverside Telescope Makers Conference, Inc.
Edward G. Schmidt
Andrea E. Schweitzer
Robert G. Southwick
Charles H. Townes
Yupa Vanichai
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of the Society
($100 - $249)
Andrew
M. Abrahams
Thomas B. Ake
Allan & Katie Alcorn
Albert I. Andreiko
John T. Armstrong
Janet J. Asimov
Eric Becklin
Christo T. Bekiaris
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in memory of John S. Blanchard
Wayne & Dee Blinka
Walter K. Bonsack
Thomas Borlik
in memory of Dr. Frank K.
Edmondson
Katherine Bracher
Thomas C. Bretl
Clinton C. Brooks
Spencer L. Buckner
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in memory of Donald E. Osterbrock
Patrick Cassen & Dorothy Woolum
Richard A. Cavello
Barbara A. Chaitin
Edward L. Chupp
Richard Combs & Baerbel Steffestun
Lynn R. Cominsky
Anne F. Cooper
Larry P. Cooper
in memory of Dr. Ken DeWitt
Fauno L. Cordes
in honor of Dr. John Westfall
Jean F. Cornuelle
Harold G. Corwin, Jr.
Lisa A. Crist
James De Sando, Jr.
Andrea K. Dobson
Reginald J. Dufour
in memory of Donald E. Osterbrock
David W. Dunham
Richard Tresch Fienberg
Thomas A. Fleming
Roger A. Freedman
Ruth S. Freitag
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Neil Gehrels
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in memory of Raymond E. White, Jr.
Joseph T. Gohmann
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Marshall Hall, III
Robert J. Hawley
James E. Hesser
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Esther M. Hu
in memory of Dr. Dorit Hoffleit
David A. Hufnagel
Joanne D. Hughes
Raleigh E. Hughes, Jr.
Judith L. Hulse
Philip L. Inderwiesen*
Gary F. Jaffe
Alan Jaroslovsky
Richard R. Joyce
Jun Jugaku
Dave Kary & Joann Eisberg
Sidney J. Kass
Brian G. Keating
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Sen Kikuchi
Ivan R. King
in support of Bart Bok Fund
Arnold R. Klemola
David C. Koo
Richard G. Kron
John & Jan Kronholm
Edwin C. Krupp
Louis W. Kunz
Lawrence Hall of Science
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Warren W. Leong
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& Annette Loutrel
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Ted Mitchell
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Shirlee D. Perkins
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Alexander R. Peters
Al Pickett
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J. A. Posey, Jr.
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Maarten Schmidt
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in memory of Barton W. Shackelford
Daniel & Jean Shaw
Richard A. Shaw
Gregory A. Shields
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W. Thomas Stalker, III
John A. Stevens
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Dean J. Stoker
Edward C. Stone
Sidney N. Stone
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Gregory A. Sullivan
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Terry J. Teays
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Thomas M. Tekach
Glenn A. Thompson
Alan Tokunaga
Silvia Torres-Peimbert
Laurie A. Toyama
Virginia L. Trimble
in memory of Mirek Plavec
Robert G. Tull
in memory of Prof. Stan Wyatt
Seth L. Tuttle
John A. Vickers
Marshall W. Walker
in honor of Connie Walker
Elizabeth M. Warner
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honor of US Air Force
Bruce Balick
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Susana E. Deustua
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in memory of Donald E. Osterbrock
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in memory of Raymond E. White, Jr.
Kenneth* & Linda Dulaney
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in honor of Harlow Shapley
Steven L. Ellis
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in support of Bay Area Project
ASTRO
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in memory of Zdenek Kopal
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in memory of Ruth P. Horch
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in honor of Nina Jackson
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Floyd V. Lewis
Barbara A. Lindsay
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Carey S. Linker
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Toni Martinez & Nancy Luginbill
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Christopher W. Mauche
Kirsten Maynard
Kathryn L. McFarland
William W. McEntire
Gary W. McLeod
C. M. Meredith
Ruthanne Miller
Frederick P. Montana
Bob Moody
Patrick M. Motl
Gregory Mulinare
Michael H. Munoz
Glenn C. Murray
Alvyn I. Nacman
Paul C. Narlock
David J. Nichols
Larissa Nofi
Ronald J. Oliversen
Patrick S. Osmer
Thomas G. Pannuti
Carlos Perez Pena
James P. Pesavento
James G. Peters
in memory of Alice M. Peters
Bradley M. Peterson
in memory of Andrew Wilson
Jim J. Peterson
Katherine A. Pettiss
Betty P. Preece
Sandra L. Preston
Carlton P. Pryor
Boris Ragent
Michael D. Reynolds
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Matthew J. Richter
Jane J. Risk
Miguel A. Rivera
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Lyndle E. Rooks
Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer
Scott & Betsy Sandford
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Libbie A. Schock
Lani A. J. Schonberg
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in memory of Bart Bok
Francois Schweizer
Jerry J. Sershen
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Whitney W. Shane
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Mark A. Shure
Charron J. Sikorovsky
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Kathleen M. Steinauer
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in memory of Janet A. Stevens
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Ihor Szkolar
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James D. Thursby
John D. Trasco
Gay Van Horn & Alan Koenig
Karen M. Vanlandingham
George Varga
Catherine C. Venturini
Boris Vernovsky
Elizabeth O. Waagen
in memory of Janet A. Mattei
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Rene Walterbos
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Michael Wightman
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Anne G. Young
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Kirsten Maynard
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Lisa A. Crist
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Edward E. Elzey
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Ted Mitchell
Gordon E. Myers*
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George C. Roberts
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ASP's 2008 Annual Conference
The
following organizations have contributed significant support and
sponsorship to the success of this conference.
120th
Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri
American
Astronomical Society – Education Office
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
MWT Associates, Inc.
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program – JPL
NASA Science Mission Directorate
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Spitzer Science Center
University of Wyoming, CAPER Team
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Robert P. Kraft
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Marni Berendsen**
Jennifer Birriel
Katherine Bracher
David Bruning
Clifford J. Cunningham
Paul Deans**
Daniel D. Durda
Rick Fienberg
Duncan Forbes
Andrew Fraknoi**
Adrienne J. Gauthier
Pamela L. Gay
Michael G. Gibbs**†
Suzy Gurton**
Ken Hewitt-White
Anna Hurst**
C. Renée James
James G. Manning**
Linda M. V. Martel
Robert Naeye
Tierney O’Dea
Jennifer Oman
Tanya Phillips
Stephen M. Pompea
Aaron Price
William Sheehan
Mike Simmons
Simon J. Steel
Richard Talcott
David J. Thompson
Constance E. Walker
Christopher Wanjek
Megan Watzke
Vivian White**
Simon Winston-Macauley
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its podcasts.
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Bassler
Marty Kahn
Lori Thomas
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Headquarter Volunteers and Bay Area Project ASTRO
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Aiken
Katrina Hecker
Brian Lee
Eileen Olicker
Brian Seto
Calvin Thai
Nicole Thai
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