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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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Biography
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[1].
Dr. McNamara received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkely in 1950. His dissertation was entitled „A Two Color Photometric Study of the Eclipsing Variable, YZ Cassiopeia“. Following his Ph.D. he spent five years teaching and researching with the renown Professor Otto Struve. He then joined the faculty of Brigham Young University in 1955 as the first person whose training was primarily in the field of astronomy and inaugurated the graduate program in astrophysics at BYU in 1957[1][2].
Dr. McNamara was a recipient of the Lick Observatory Fellowship while a graduate student at Berkeley. He has been a guest investigator at the McDonald Ovservatory in Texas, guest investigator at the Mount Wilson and Mount Palormar Observatories in California, guest investigator at the Cerro Tololo Inter-AmericanObservatory in Chile and principal scientist at the Space Sciences Laboratory in California[1].
--Press release from august 24, 2004(source unknown)--In 1968, Dr. McNamara became Editor of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the 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)-- Dr. McNamara was the founder of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series Publications and has published hundreds of books as managing editor for more than 30 years.
In 2000 Dr. McNamara received the George Van Briesbroeck Prize by the American Astronomical Society for "long-term extraordinary or unselfish service to astronomy"[3].
Dr. McNamara is a member of the American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the International Astronomical Union and Sigma Xi[1].
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.
References
- "Astronomers study in Chile", Daily Universe, Brigham Young University, 2 April 1976
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