Mr. Ted Gray, Jr., Elected to McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors

8 August 2013

FORT DAVIS — Mr. Ted Gray, Jr., of Austin has been elected to a three-year term as a Member of The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory and Department of Astronomy Board of Visitors. Mr. Gray is Senior Vice President, Wealth Management, with UBS Financial Services in Austin.

 ”My roots are in West Texas, and I hope to facilitate goodwill among the locals and the scientific community there. I find science in general fascinating, and astronomy is the first among equals,” Mr. Gray said.

 Mr. Gray is also active with the organization Austin Groups for the Elderly.

 The Board of Visitors is a supporter’s group for the Texas Astronomy Program. It has accomplished great things, from funding chairs, professorships, and fellowships at the University, to developing private contributions for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope and the Frank N. Bash Visitors Center at McDonald Observatory. The Board’s Planned Giving Committee raises funds for the Observatory’s future, and the Lighting Ordinance Committee ensures that McDonald enjoys the darkest night skies of any professional observatory in the continental United States.

 Established in 1932, The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis, Texas, hosts multiple telescopes undertaking a wide range of astronomical research. McDonald is home to the consortium-run Hobby- Eberly Telescope (a joint project of The University of Texas at Austin, The Pennsylvania State University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). An internationally known leader in astronomy education and outreach, McDonald Observatory is also pioneering the next generation of astronomical research as a founding partner of the Giant Magellan Telescope.

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Ted Gray

Ted Gray