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Historical Portraits

Gerard de Vaucouleurs

William J. McDonald painting

Otto Struve

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

TaftArmandroff

Taft Armandroff

Stella Offner

Stella Offner

Finkelstein, Steven

Teznie Pugh

Caroline Morley

Caroline Morley

Hawkins Twins

Keith and Kevin Hawkins

Caitlin Casey

Casey, Caitlin

Brendan Bowler

Brendan Bowler

Taft Armandroff with Struve Telescope dome

Taft Armandroff with Struve Telescope Dome

Dr. Frank N. Bash

Dr. Frank N. Bash

Taft Armandroff

Armandroff, Taft

Paul Shapiro

Dr. Paul R. Shapiro

Karl Gebhardt

Karl Gebhardt

Volker Bromm

Wheeler, J. Craig

Lambert, David L.

Bill Cochran

Winget, Don

Cochran, Anita

Benedict, G. Fritz

Jogee, Shardha

Evans, Neal

Sneden, Chris

Kormendy, John

Barnes, Tom

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