Mr. Robert B. Neblett, III Re-Elected to McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors

8 August 2013

FORT DAVIS — Mr. Robert B. Neblett, III of Austin has been re-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. Neblett is a partner in the Austin office of Jackson Walker, L.L.P. He heads Jackson Walker's Eminent Domain section firmwide and the Litigation section in Austin.

”I support McDonald Observatory because my personal interest in astronomy blends nicely with the outstanding work being done by UT astronomers at the McDonald Observatory, and it is a privilege to support such a worthy cause,” Mr. Neblett said.

Mr. Neblett joined the Board of Visitors in 2010.

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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