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Appendix C

Contributing Scientists

More than 15 percent of all professional astronomers in the United States contributed actively in some way to the astronomy and astrophysics survey for the 1990s. Approximately 300 astronomers served formally on one or more of the 15 panels established by the survey committee to advise the committee on important issues affecting subfields within astronomy. Many hundreds of other astronomers made valuable contributions by supplying written advice to the committee, through their participation at open meetings at the American Astronomical Society or at other professional meetings, or through informal discussions held by committee members throughout the United States.

The reports of most of those panels appear in the separately published Working Papers (NRC, 1991) issued simultaneously with this volume. Abbreviated versions of the reports of the Computing and Data Processing Panel and the Status of the Profession Panel appear as Chapter 5 and Appendix B, respectively, in this volume. The report of the Science Opportunities Panel appears only as Chapter 2 and not in the Working Papers. The committee also established a working group to examine the potential of lunar astronomy. This appendix lists the scientists who served on panels* or as members of a working group on behalf of the survey.

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An asterisk indicates membership in a core group with primary responsibility for writing the panel‘s report

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributing Scientists." National Research Council. 1991. The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1634.
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BENEFITS TO THE NATION FROM ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

VIRGINIA TRIMBLE, University of California, Irvine; University of Maryland, Chairman; JOHN N. BAHCALL, Institute for Advanced Study, Vice-Chair; ERIC CHAISSON, Space Telescope Science Institute; ARTHUR CODE, University of Wisconsin, Madison; EDWARD K. CONKLIN, FORTH, Inc.; JOHN COWAN, University of Oklahoma; ALEXANDER DALGARNO, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; FRANK DRAKE, University of California, Santa Cruz; REBECCA ELSON, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; GEORGE FIELD, Harvard University; ANDREW FRAKNOI, Astronomical Society of the Pacific; HERBERT FRIEDMAN, Naval Research Laboratory; JOHN S. GALLAGHER, AURA; JESSE GREENSTEIN, California Institute of Technology; HERBERT GURSKY, Naval Research Laboratory; STEPHEN MARAN, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; PHILIP MORRISON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; CATHERINE A. PILACHOWSKI, Kitt Peak National Observatory; PHILIP SADLER, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; CARL SAGAN, Cornell University; PHILIP SCHWARTZ, Naval Research Laboratory; STEVEN SHORE, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; ALEXANDER G. SMITH, University of Florida; HARLAN SMITH, University of Texas, Austin; MICHAEL S. TURNER, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; PAUL A. VANDEN BOUT, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; GART WESTERHOUT, U.S. Naval Observatory; JAMES WESTPHAL, California Institute of Technology; R. STEPHEN WHITE, University of California, Riverside; ALBERT WHITFORD, University of California, Santa Cruz

COMPUTING AND DATA PROCESSING

LARRY SMARR, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chair; WILLIAM PRESS, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Vice-Chair; DAVID W. ARNETT, University of Arizona; ALASTAIR G.W. CAMERON, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; RICHARD M. CRUTCHER, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; DAVID J. HELFAND, Columbia University; PAUL HOROWITZ, Harvard University; SUSAN G. KLEINMANN, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; JEFFREY L. LINSKY, University of Colorado, Boulder; BARRY F. MADORE, California Institute of Technology; RICHARD A. MATZNER, University of Texas, Austin; CLAIRE ELLEN MAX, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; DIMITRI MIHALAS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; RICHARD A. PERLEY, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro; THOMAS A. PRINCE, California Institute of Technology; CHRISTOPHER T. RUSSELL, University of California, Los Angeles; ETHAN J. SCHREIER, Space

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributing Scientists." National Research Council. 1991. The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1634.
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Telescope Science Institute; JOHN R. STAUFFER, NASA Ames Research Center; GERALD JAY SUSSMAN, The MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; JOSEPH H. TAYLOR, JR., Princeton University; JURI TOOMRE, University of Colorado, Boulder; JOHN A. TYSON, AT&T Bell Laboratories; SIMON D.M. WHITE, University of Arizona; JAMES R. WILSON, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; KARL-HEINZ WINKLER, Los Alamos National Laboratory; STANFORD E. WOOSLEY, University of California, Santa Cruz

HIGH ENERGY FROM SPACE

BRUCE MARGON, University of Washington, Chair; CLAUDE CANIZARES, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vice-Chair; RICHARD C. CATURA, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory; GEORGE W. CLARK, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; CARL E. FICHTEL, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; HERBERT FRIEDMAN, Naval Research Laboratory; RICCARDO GIACCONI, Space Telescope Science Institute; JONATHAN E. GRINDLAY, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; DAVID J. HELFAND, Columbia University; STEPHEN S. HOLT, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; HUGH S. HUDSON, University of California, La Jolla; STEVEN M. KAHN, University of California, Berkeley; FREDERICK K. LAMB, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MARVIN LEVENTHAL, AT&T Bell Laboratories; ROBERT NOVICK, Columbia University; THOMAS A. PRINCE, California Institute of Technology; REUVEN RAMATY, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; HARVEY D. TANANBAUM, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; MARTIN C. WEISSKOPF, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; STANFORD E. WOOSLEY, University of California, Santa Cruz

INFRARED ASTRONOMY

FREDERICK GILLETT, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Chair; JAMES HOUCK, Cornell University, Vice-Chair; JOHN BALLY, AT&T Bell Laboratories; ERIC BECKLIN, University of California, Los Angeles; ROBERT HAMILTON BROWN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; BRUCE DRAINE, Princeton University; JAY FROGEL, Ohio State University; IAN GATLEY, National Optical Astronomy Observatories; ROBERT GEHRZ, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; ROGER HILDEBRAND, University of Chicago; DAVID HOLLENBACH, NASA Ames Research Center; BOB JOSEPH, University of Hawaii; MICHAEL JURA, University of California, Los Angeles; SUSAN G. KLEINMANN, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; ANDREW LANGE, University of California, Berkeley; DAN LESTER, University of Texas, Austin; FRANK J. LOW, University of

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributing Scientists." National Research Council. 1991. The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1634.
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Arizona; GARY MELNICK, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; GERRY NEUGEBAUER, California Institute of Technology; THOMAS G. PHILLIPS, California Institute of Technology; JUDITH PIPHER, University of Rochester; MARCIA RIEKE, University of Arizona; B. THOMAS SOIFER, California Institute of Technology; PHILIP M. SOLOMON, State University of New York, Stony Brook; PATRICK THADDEUS, Harvard University; DANIEL WEEDMAN, Pennsylvania State University; MICHAEL W. WERNER, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

INTERFEROMETRY

STEPHEN RIDGWAY, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Chair; ROBERT W. WILSON, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Vice-Chair; MITCHELL C. BEGELMAN, University of Colorado, Boulder; PETER BENDER, University of Colorado, Boulder; BERNARD F. BURKE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; TIM CORNWELL, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; RONALD DREVER, California Institute of Technology; H. MELVIN DYCK, University of Wyoming; KENNETH J. JOHNSTON, Naval Research Laboratory; EDWARD KIBBLEWHITE, University of Chicago; SHRINIVAS R. KULKARNI, California Institute of Technology; HAROLD A. McALISTER, Georgia State University; DONALD W. McCARTHY, JR., University of Arizona; PETER NISENSON, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; CARL B. PILCHER, NASA Headquarters; ROBERT REASENBERG, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; FRANCOIS RODDIER, University of Hawaii; ANNEILA I. SARGENT, California Institute of Technology; MICHAEL SHAO, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; ROBERT V. STACHNIK, NASA Headquarters; KIP THORNE, California Institute of Technology; CHARLES H. TOWNES, University of California, Berkeley; RAINER WEISS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; RAY J. WEYMANN, Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas Observatory

OPTICAL/IR FROM GROUND

STEPHEN STROM, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Chair; WALLACE L.W. SARGENT, California Institute of Technology, Vice- Chair; SIDNEY WOLFF, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Vice-Chair; MICHAEL F. A'HEARN, University of Maryland; J. ROGER ANGEL, University of Arizona; STEVEN V.W. BECKWITH, Cornell University; BRUCE W. CARNEY, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; PETER S. CONTI, University of Colorado, Boulder; SUZAN EDWARDS, Smith College; GARY GRASDALEN, University of Wyoming; JAMES E. GUNN, Princeton University; JOHN P. HUCHRA, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; ROBERTA M. HUMPHREYS, University of Minnesota,

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributing Scientists." National Research Council. 1991. The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1634.
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Minneapolis; DAVID L. LAMBERT, University of Texas, Austin; BRUCE W. LITES, National Center for Atmospheric Research; FRANK J. LOW, University of Arizona; DAVID G. MONET, U.S. Naval Observatory; JEREMY R. MOULD, California Institute of Technology; S. ERIC PERSSON, Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories; PETER ALBERT STRITTMATTER, University of Arizona; ALAN T. TOKUNAGA, University of Hawaii; DONALD C. WELLS, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; MICHAEL W. WERNER, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; JOHN McGRAW, University of Arizona, Consultant

PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS

BERNARD SADOULET,* University of California, Berkeley, Chair; JAMES CRONIN,* University of Chicago, Vice-Chair; ELENA APRILE, Columbia University; BARRY C. BARISH,* California Institute of Technology; EUGENE W. BEIER,* University of Pennsylvania; ROBERT BRANDENBERGER, Brown University; BLAS CABRERA, Stanford University; DAVID CALDWELL, University of California, Santa Barbara; GEORGE CASSIDAY, University of Utah; DAVID B. CLINE, University of California, Los Angeles; RAYMOND DAVIS, JR., Blue Point, New York; ANDREJ DRUKIER, Applied Research Corporation; WILLIAM F. FRY, University of Wisconsin, Madison; MARY K. GAILLARD, University of California, Berkeley; THOMAS K. GAISSER,* University of Delaware; JORDAN GOODMAN, University of Maryland; LAWRENCE J. HALL, University of California, Berkeley; CYRUS M. HOFFMAN, Los Alamos National Laboratory; EDWARD KOLB, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS, Yale University; RICHARD C. LAMB, Iowa State University; KENNETH LANDE, University of Pennsylvania; ROBERT EUGENE LANOU, JR., Brown University; JOHN LEARNED, University of Hawaii; ADRIAN C. MELISSINOS, University of Rochester; DIETRICH MULLER, University of Chicago; DARRAGH E. NAGLE, Los Alamos National Laboratory; FRANK NEZRICK, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; P. JAMES E. PEEBLES, Princeton University; P. BUFORD PRICE, University of California, Berkeley; JOEL PRIMACK, University of California, Santa Cruz; REUVEN RAMATY, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; MALVIN A. RUDERMAN, Columbia University; HENRY SOBEL, University of California, Irvine; DAVID SPERGEL,* Princeton University; GREGORY TARLE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; MICHAEL S. TURNER,* Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; JOHN VAN DER VELDE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; TREVOR WEEKES, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; MARK E. WIEDENBECK,* University of Chicago; LINCOLN WOLFENSTEIN,

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributing Scientists." National Research Council. 1991. The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1634.
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Carnegie-Mellon University; STANFORD E. WOOSLEY, University of California, Santa Cruz; GAURANG YODH,* University of California, Irvine

PLANETARY ASTRONOMY

DAVID MORRISON, NASA Ames Research Center, Chair; DONALD HUNTEN, University of Arizona, Vice-Chair; MICHAEL F. A'HEARN, University of Maryland; MICHAEL J.S. BELTON, National Optical Astronomy Observatories; DAVID BLACK, Lunar and Planetary Institute; ROBERT A. BROWN, Space Telescope Science Institute; ROBERT HAMILTON BROWN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; ANITA L. COCHRAN, University of Texas, Austin; DALE P. CRUIKSHANK, NASA Ames Research Center; IMKE DE PATER, University of California, Berkeley; JAMES L. ELLIOT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; LARRY ESPOSITO, University of Colorado, Boulder; WILLIAM B. HUBBARD, University of Arizona; DENNIS L. MATSON, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; ROBERT L. MILLIS, Lowell Observatory; H. WARREN MOOS, Johns Hopkins University; MICHAEL J. MUMMA, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; STEVEN J. OSTRO, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; CARL B. PILCHER, NASA Headquarters; CHRISTOPHER T. RUSSELL, University of California, Los Angeles; F. PETER SCHLOERB, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; ALAN T. TOKUNAGA, University of Hawaii; JOSEPH VEVERKA, Cornell University; SUSAN WYCKOFF, Arizona State University

POLICY OPPORTUNITIES

RICHARD McCRAY,* University of Colorado, Boulder, Chair; JEREMIAH OSTRIKER,* Princeton University Observatory, Vice-Chair; LOREN W. ACTON, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory; NETA A. BAHCALL, Princeton University; ROBERT C. BLESS, University of Wisconsin, Madison; ROBERT A. BROWN,* Space Telescope Science Institute; GEOFFREY BURBIDGE, University of California, San Diego; BERNARD F. BURKE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; GEORGE W. CLARK, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; FRANCE A. CORDOVA, Pennsylvania State University; HARRIET L. DINERSTEIN, * University of Texas, Austin; ALAN DRESSLER,* Carnegie Observatories; ANDREA K. DUPREE, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; MOSHE ELITZUR, University of Kentucky; SANDRA FABER, * University of California, Santa Cruz; RICCARDO GIACCONI, Space Telescope Science Institute; DAVID J. HELFAND, Columbia University; NOEL W. HINNERS, Martin Marietta Corporation; STEPHEN S. HOLT,* NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; JEFFREY L. LINSKY,* University of Colorado, Boulder; ROGER F. MALINA, University of California, Berkeley; CLAIRE ELLEN MAX,

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributing Scientists." National Research Council. 1991. The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1634.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; GOETZ K. OERTEL,* Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy; BENJAMIN PEERY, Howard University; VERA C. RUBIN, Carnegie Institution of Washington; IRWIN SHAPIRO, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; PETER ALBERT STRITTMATTER, University of Arizona; SCOTT D. TREMAINE, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics; PAUL A. VANDEN BOUT, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; JACQUELINE H. VAN GORKOM, Columbia University; J. CRAIG WHEELER, University of Texas, Austin; SIMON D.M. WHITE, University of Arizona

RADIO ASTRONOMY

KENNETH I. KELLERMANN, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Chair; DAVID HEESCHEN, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Vice-Chair; DONALD C. BACKER, University of California, Berkeley; MARSHALL H. COHEN,* California Institute of Technology; MICHAEL DAVIS, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center; IMKE DE PATER, University of California, Berkeley; DAVID DE YOUNG, National Optical Astronomy Observatories; GEORGE A. DULK,* University of Colorado, Boulder; J.R. FISHER, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; W. MILLER GOSS, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; MARTHA P. HAYNES,* Cornell University; CARL E. HEILES, University of California, Berkeley; WILLIAM M. IRVINE, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; KENNETH J. JOHNSTON,* Naval Research Laboratory; JAMES MORAN, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; STEVEN J. OSTRO, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; PATRICK PALMER,* University of Chicago; THOMAS G. PHILLIPS, California Institute of Technology; ALAN E.E. ROGERS, Haystack Observatory; NICHOLAS Z. SCOVILLE, California Institute of Technology; PHILIP M. SOLOMON, State University of New York, Stony Brook; JILL C. TARTER, NASA Ames Research Center; JOSEPH H. TAYLOR, JR.,* Princeton University; PATRICK THADDEUS,* Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; JUAN M. USON, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; WILLIAM JOHN WELCH,* University of California, Berkeley; ROBERT W. WILSON,* AT&T Bell Laboratories

SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES

ALAN LIGHTMAN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair; JOHN N. BAHCALL, Institute for Advanced Study, Vice-Chair; SALLIE L. BALIUNAS, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; ROGER D. BLANDFORD, California Institute of Technology; MARGARET E. BURBIDGE, University of California, La Jolla; MARC DAVIS, University of California, Berkeley; DOUGLAS EARDLEY, University of California, Santa

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributing Scientists." National Research Council. 1991. The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1634.
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Barbara; JAMES E. GUNN, Princeton University; PAUL HOROWITZ, Harvard University; EUGENE LEVY, University of Arizona; CHRISTOPHER F. MCKEE, University of California, Berkeley; PHILIP C. MYERS, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; JEREMIAH OSTRIKER, Princeton University Observatory; VERA C. RUBIN, Carnegie Institution of Washington; IRWIN SHAPIRO, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; MICHAEL S. TURNER, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; EDWARD WRIGHT, University of California, Los Angeles

SOLAR ASTRONOMY

ROBERT ROSNER, University of Chicago, Chair; ROBERT NOYES, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Vice-Chair; SPIRO K. ANTIOCHOS, Naval Research Laboratory; RICHARD C. CANFIELD, University of Hawaii; EDWARD L. CHUPP, University of New Hampshire; DRAKE DEMING, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; GEORGE A. DOSCHEK, Naval Research Laboratory; GEORGE A. DULK, University of Colorado, Boulder; PETER V. FOUKAL, Cambridge Research and Instruments, Inc.; RONALD L. GILLILAND, Space Telescope Science Institute; PETER A. GILMAN, National Center for Atmospheric Research; JOHN W. HARVEY, National Optical Astronomy Observatories; ERNEST HILDNER, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; THOMAS E. HOLZER, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research; HUGH S. HUDSON, University of California, La Jolla; STEPHEN KEIL, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory; BARRY J. LABONTE, University of Hawaii; JOHN W. LEIBACHER, National Solar Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatories; KENNETH G. LIBBRECHT, California Institute of Technology; ROBERT P. LIN, University of California, Berkeley; BRUCE W. LITES, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research; RONALD L. MOORE, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; EUGENE N. PARKER, University of Chicago; REUVEN RAMATY, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; DAVID M. RUST, Johns Hopkins University; PETER A. STURROCK, Stanford University; ALAN M. TITLE, Lockheed Research Laboratories; JURI TOOMRE, University of Colorado, Boulder; ARTHUR B.C. WALKER, JR., Stanford University; GEORGE L. WITHBROE, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; ELLEN G. ZWEIBEL, University of Colorado, Boulder

STATUS OF THE PROFESSION

PETER B. BOYCE,* American Astronomical Society, Chair; CHARLES A. BEICHMAN,* Institute for Advanced Study, Vice-Chair; HELMUT A. ABT,* National Optical Astronomy Observatories; WENDY HAGEN

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BAUER,* Wellesley College; GEOFFREY BURBIDGE,* University of California, San Diego; ANITA L. COCHRAN,* University of Texas, Austin; ROBERT DORFMAN, University of Maryland; HUGH HARRIS,* U.S. Naval Observatory; ROBERT HAVLEN,* National Radio Astronomy Observatory; CHRISTINE JONES, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; JEFFREY L. LINSKY, University of Colorado, Boulder; JULIE LUTZ,* Washington State University; LEE G. MUNDY,* University of Maryland; COLIN A. NORMAN, Space Telescope Science Institute; PATRICK S. OSMER, National Optical Astronomy Observatories; JAY M. PASACHOFF, Williams College; BENJAMIN PEERY, Howard University; R. MARCUS PRICE, University of New Mexico; HARRY SHIPMAN,* University of Delaware; JILL C. TARTER,* NASA Ames Research Center; HARLEY THRONSON,* University of Wyoming

THEORY AND LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS

DAVID N. SCHRAMM, University of Chicago, Chair; CHRISTOPHER F. MCKEE, University of California, Berkeley, Vice-Chair; CHARLES ALCOCK, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; LOU ALLAMANDOLA, NASA Ames Research Center; ROGER A. CHEVALIER, University of Virginia; DAVID B. CLINE,* University of California, Los Angeles; ALEXANDER DALGARNO,* Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; BRUCE G. ELMEGREEN, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; S. MICHAEL FALL,* Space Telescope Science Institute; GARY J. FERLAND, Ohio State University; BRADLEY W. FILIPPONE,* California Institute of Technology; MARGARET J. GELLER, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; PETER GOLDREICH, California Institute of Technology; ALAN H. GUTH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; WICK HAXTON, University of Washington; DAVID G. HUMMER, University of Colorado, Boulder; DIMITRI MIHALAS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MICHAEL J. MUMMA, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; PETER PARKER, Yale University; P. JAMES E. PEEBLES,* Princeton University; MALVIN A. RUDERMAN, Columbia University; GREGORY A. SHIELDS, University of Texas, Austin; PETER L. SMITH, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; SAUL A. TEUKOLSKY, Cornell University; PATRICK THADDEUS, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; SCOTT D. TREMAINE, * Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics; JAMES W. TRURAN, JR., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; JOHN WEFEL, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; J. CRAIG WHEELER,* University of Texas, Austin; STANFORD E. WOOSLEY, University of California, Santa Cruz; ELLEN G. ZWEIBEL,* University of Colorado, Boulder

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Contributing Scientists." National Research Council. 1991. The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1634.
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UV-OPTICAL FROM SPACE

GARTH ILLINGWORTH, University of California, Santa Cruz, Chair; BLAIR SAVAGE, University of Wisconsin, Vice-Chair; J. ROGER ANGEL, University of Arizona; ROGER D. BLANDFORD, California Institute of Technology; ALBERT BOGGESS, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; C. STUART BOWYER, University of California, Berkeley; GEORGE R. CARRUTHERS, Naval Research Laboratory; LENNOX L. COWIE, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii; GEORGE A. DOSCHEK, Naval Research Laboratory; ANDREA K. DUPREE, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; JOHN S. GALLAGHER, AURA; RICHARD F. GREEN, Kitt Peak National Observatory; EDWARD B. JENKINS, Princeton University; ROBERT P. KIRSHNER, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; JEFFREY L. LINSKY, University of Colorado, Boulder; H. WARREN MOOS, Johns Hopkins University; JEREMY R. MOULD, California Institute of Technology; COLIN A. NORMAN, Johns Hopkins University; MICHAEL SHAO, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; HERVEY S. STOCKMAN, Space Telescope Science Institute; RODGER I. THOMPSON, University of Arizona; RAY J. WEYMANN, Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas Observatory; BRUCE E. WOODGATE, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

WORKING GROUP ON ASTRONOMY FROM THE MOON

CHARLES A. BEICHMAN, Institute for Advanced Study, Co-Chair; ROBERT W. WILSON, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Co-Chair; JOHN N. BAHCALL, Institute for Advanced Study; NOEL W. HINNERS, Martin Marietta Corporation; JEREMIAH OSTRIKER, Princeton University

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