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The 5th International Conference
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May 2013
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2013 Future Earth Webinar Broadcast #1

4USNC/Math Virtual Meeting
24USNC/IUPsyS Meeting, Washington, DC
29USNC/PSA Meeting, Irvine, CA
302013 Future Earth Webinar Broadcast #2
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Current Membership

Officers
  • Edward F. Guinan, Chair
    Villanova University
  • Roger Chevalier, Past Chair
    University of Virginia
  • Lynne Hillenbrand, Vice Chair
    California Institute of Technology
  • G. Fritz Benedict, Secretary
    University of Texas, Austin

Category I: Representing the American Astronomical Society

  • Arlo Landolt, Louisiana State University and Agricultural Mechanical College
  • Sara Heap, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Jill Tarter, SETI Institute

Category II: Representing the American Astronomical Society Council

  • Bruce Balick, University of Washington
  • Kevin B. Marvel, American Astronomical Society
  • Nicholas B. Suntzeff, Texas A&M University

Category III: Representing the NAS Astronomy Section

  • Neil Gehrels, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 
  • Ken Kellermann, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
  • David Spergel, Princeton University

Category IV: Ex-Officio, Voting, Representing Various Offices

  • President, American Astronomical Society
    David J. Helfand, Quest University Canda 
  • Secretary, American Astronomical Society
    G. Fritz Benedict, University of Texas, Austin
  • Chair, NAS Astronomy Section
    Marc Davis, University of California, Berkeley
  • Liaison, NAS Astronomy Section
    Christopher McKee, University of California, Berkeley
  • Past President, International Astronomical Union
    Robert E. Williams, Space Telescope Science Institute

Category V: Ex-Officio, Non-Voting, Representing NAS Offices

  • Chair, NRC Board on Physics and Astronomy
    Philip Bucksbaum, Stanford University 
  • NAS Foreign Secretary
    Michael Clegg, University of California, Irvine

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