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    Historical Portraits

    Gerard de Vaucouleurs

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    Otto Struve, first director of McDonald Observatory

    Harlan J. Smith, first UT director of McDonald Observatory

    Gerard P. Kuiper, second director of McDonald Observatory

    People

    Bill Henry

    Billy Henry

    Sandy Wood

    Sandy Wood

    David Booth

    David Booth

    Anne Dattilo

    Anne Dattilo

    Aaron Rizzuto

    Rizzuto, Aaron

    Caitlin Casey

    Casey, Caitlin

    Andrew Vanderburg

    Andrew Vanderburg

    Robert Shelton

    Robert Shelton

    TaftArmandroff

    Taft Armandroff

    Walter Massey

    Walter E. Massey

    Aaron Smith

    Aaron Smith

    Brendan Bowler

    Dominick Rowan

    Dominick Rowan

    Natalie Gosnell

    Natalie Gosnell

    Keaton Bell

    Andrew Mann

    Armandroff with HET mirror

    Taft Armandroff with HET Mirror

    Taft Armandroff with Struve Telescope dome

    Taft Armandroff with Struve Telescope Dome

    Craig Nance

    Dr. Frank N. Bash

    Dr. Frank N. Bash

    Taft Armandroff

    Armandroff, Taft

    Dr. Matthew Shetrone

    Shetrone, Matthew

    Alan Chow

    Alan Y. Chow

    Paul Shapiro

    Dr. Paul R. Shapiro

    Steven Finkelstein

    Finkelstein, Steven

    Karl Gebhardt

    Karl Gebhardt

    Volker Bromm

    Wheeler, J. Craig

    Lambert, David L.

    Bill Cochran

    Suntzeff, Nicholas

    Mitchell, George P.

    Winget, Don

    Hemenway, Mary Kay

    Cochran, Anita

    McArthur, Barbara

    Benedict, G. Fritz

    Jogee, Shardha

    Evans, Neal

    Sneden, Chris

    Kormendy, John

    Barnes, Tom

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