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The AAVSO and Dorrit’s Contributions

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.

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The AAVSO and Dorrit’s Contributions

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  1. The AAVSO and Dorrit’s Contributions Arne A. Henden Director

  2. 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

  3. Dorrit’s AAVSO membership application

  4. AAVSO meeting, 1930

  5. AAVSO meeting, 1930

  6. BD +20 2337 is AB Leo, a semiregular pulsating star

  7. BD +20 2337 is AB Leo, a semiregular pulsating star

  8. The AAVSO has 5128 observations of AB Leo in its database

  9. No AAVSO observations of this suspected flare star!

  10. 90th birthday symposium, 1997

  11. AAVSO council meeting, 1998

  12. MWM, Dorrit, and Janet, February 1993

  13. 1943-1945 Councilor (2 years) 1954-1958 Councilor (4 years) 1958-1960 2nd VP (2 years) 1960-1961 1st 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! Council Service

  14. Talking with John Percy, AAVSO President, 1990

  15. Giving AAVSO paper, about 1995

  16. 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

  17. Receiving Olcott Distinguished Service Award, 2002

  18. AAVSO Publications • 4 books • 16 AAVSO Abstract papers • 36 AAVSO Journal papers (last in 2002)

  19. Dorrit’s Contributions to the AAVSO • Years of service to AAVSO

  20. Dorrit’s Contributions to the AAVSO • Years of service to AAVSO • Mentoring of students

  21. Dorrit’s Contributions to the AAVSO • Years of service to AAVSO • Mentoring of students • Papers (JAAVSO)

  22. Dorrit’s Contributions to the AAVSO • Years of service to AAVSO • Mentoring of students • Papers (JAAVSO) • Finding Janet!

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