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Delbert Harold McNamara | |
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| Born | 23 June 1923 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Variable star research Member of Board of Directors of Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1968-1969) Editor of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1968-2004) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
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D. H. (Harold) McNamara, Ph.D. (b. 28 June 1923) is an american astronomer at Brigham Young University and an internationally recognized authority in intrinsic variable and eclipsing binary stars.
Dr. McNamara received his Ph.D. from the University of California atBerkely in 1950. His dissertation was entitled „A Two ColorPhotometric Study of the Eclipsing Variable, YZ Cassiopeia“.Following his Ph.D. he spent five years teaching and researching withthe renown Professor Otto Struve. He then joined the faculty ofBrigham Young University in 1955 as the first person whose trainingwas primarily in the field of astronomy and inaugurated the graduateprogram in astrophysics at BYU in 1957.While a graduate student at Berkely, Dr. McNamara was a recipientof the coveted Lick Observatory Fellowship. He was a guestinvestigator at the McDonald Ovservatory in Texas, guest investigatorat the the Mount Wilson and Mount Palormar Observatories inCalifornia, guest investigator at the Cerro Tololo Inter-AmericanObservatory in Chile and principal scientist at the Space SciencesLaboratory in California. Dr. McNamara is a member of the AmericanAstronomical Society, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, theInternational Astronomical Union and Sigma Xi. from Deseret News (year 2000, exact date unknown)McNamara is the founder of the Astronomical Society of the PacificConverence Series Publications and has published 218 books. He wasmanaging editor for the publications for more than 30 years. TheSociety is one of the largest astronomy groups in the world.In 2000 McNamara received the George Van Briebroeck Prize by theAmerican Astronomical Society for his long-term and extraordnaryunselfish service to astronomy.Press release from august 24, 2004(source unknown)In 1968, Dr. McNamara became Editor ofthe scientific journal Publications of the Astronomical Society ofthe Pacific. In 1989(?) he founded the Conference Series, which hasgrown to become one of the community's leading publishers ofconference proceedings with over 300 volumes published as of 2004.
from Deseret News (year 2000, exact date unknown)
McNamara is the founder of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Converence Series Publications and has published 218 books. He was managing editor for the publications for more than 30 years. The Society is one of the largest astronomy groups in the world.
In 2000 McNamara received the George Van Briebroeck Prize by the American Astronomical Society for his long-term and extraordnary unselfish service to astronomy.
Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to a member of the British and Commonwealth forces. Serving with the Australian Flying Corps, he was honoured for his actions on 20 March 1917, when he rescued a fellow pilot who had been forced down behind enemy lines. McNamara was the first Australian aviator—and the only one in World War I—to receive the Victoria Cross. He later became a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
Born and educated in Victoria, McNamara was a teacher when he joined the militia prior to World War I. In 1915, he was selected for pilot training at Central Flying School, Point Cook, and transferred to the Australian Flying Corps the following year. He was based in the Middle Eastern Theatre with No. 1 Squadron when he earned the Victoria Cross. In 1921, McNamara enlisted as a flying officer in the newly formed RAAF, rising to the rank of air vice marshal by 1942. He held senior posts in England and Aden during World War II. Retiring from the Air Force in 1946, McNamara continued to live in Britain until his death from heart failure in 1961.
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McNamara was summarily retired from the RAAF in 1946, along with a number of other senior commanders and veterans of World War I, officially to make way for the advancement of younger and equally capable officers. In addition, McNamara's role overseas had become redundant.[1][2] He was discharged from the Air Force on 11 July.[3] In May 1946, the British government offered McNamara the position of Senior Education Control Officer in Westphalia, Germany, under the auspices of the Allied Control Commission. He later became Deputy Director of Education for the British Zone of Occupation.[4] McNamara continued to live in England after completing his work with the Commission in October 1947, and served on the National Coal Board in London from 1947 to 1959.[5][6] He died of hypertensive heart failure on 2 November 1961, aged 67, after suffering a fall at his home in Buckinghamshire. Survived by his wife and two children, he was buried at St Joseph's Priory, Austin Wood, Gerrards Cross, following a large funeral.[7][8]
Embittered by his dismissal from the RAAF and the meagre severance he received from the Australian Government, McNamara insisted that his Victoria Cross not be returned to Australia after his death; his family donated it to the RAF Museum, London.[4] A fellow No. 1 Squadron pilot, Lieutenant (later Air Vice Marshal) Adrian Cole, described McNamara as "quiet, scholarly, loyal and beloved by all ... the last Officer for whom that high honour would have been predicted".[7][9] He was one of the few Victoria Cross recipients to subsequently attain senior rank in the armed services, however RAAF historian Alan Stephens considered that his appointments were "in the main routine" and that his one great deed led to "a degree of fame that he perhaps found burdensome".[10][11] Biographer Chris Coulthard-Clark summed up McNamara's "dilemma" as that of "an essentially ordinary man" thrust into the limelight by one "truly amazing episode".[11] His name is borne by Frank McNamara Park in Shepparton, Victoria,[12] and the Frank McNamara VC Club at Oakey Army Aviation Centre, Queensland.[13][14]
Notes
- ^ Helson, Ten Years at the Top, pp.234–237
- ^ Stephens, The Royal Australian Air Force, pp.179–181
- ^ Air Vice Marshal Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara: Timeline at Australian War Memorial. Retrieved on 14 January 2009.
- ^ a b Macklin, Bravest, pp.94–99
- ^ Stephens and Isaacs, High Fliers, pp.20–22
- ^ Dennis et al., The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, p.339
- ^ a b Garrison, Australian Dictionary of Biography, pp.348–349
- ^ Bowyer, For Valour, p.88
- ^ Cutlack, The Australian Flying Corps, p.52
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Stephens pp.14-15was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Coulthard-Clark, A Hero's Dilemma, pp.114–115
- ^ Frank McNamara Park at Greater Shepparton Online Network. Retrieved on 31 January 2009.
- ^ Edlington, David (ed.) (5 December 2002). "Frontline distributions to Army for the 12 months to 30 June 2002". Army News, Edition #1065. Retrieved on 31 January 2009.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help); Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Australian Defence Credit Union Limited at Abacus Australian Mutuals. Retrieved on 31 January 2009.
References
- Bowyer, Chaz (2002) [1992]. For Valour: The Air VCs. London: Caxton. ISBN 1-84067-240-4.
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