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My interest in space exploration came from my Uncle Paul, who worked for NASA during the days of Gemini and Apollo. My father, a civil engineer, also worked for the Apollo program, helping design the restraints that held the Saturn V on the launch pad from engine start until liftoff.
I rediscovered astronomy with the arrival of Halley's Comet in 1986. As a amateur astronomer, I began to volunteer at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History's Planetarium as a weekend lecturer. I joined the paid staff in 1988, and became a Planetarium Educator in 1990. I also have served as Assistant Curator of Astronomy in the Caryl D Philips Space Theater at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton, Ohio; and as Planetarium/Science Educator at the Schenectady Museum in upstate New York. Today I work in the Digital Dome Planetarium at the New Detroit Science Center as the Planetarium Education Coordinator.
I assisted the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College of the British Virgin Islands (B.V.I.) with the operation of the Briercliffe-Davis Observatory and teaching astronomy to public & private schools on Tortola and Virgin Gorda during my three visits there. During my 2nd visit I brought a STARLAB planetarium, the first to my knowledge, to be used on the B.V.I.
Member: International Planetarium Society, Great Lakes Planetarium Association. Warren, Michigan Astronomical Society
Past member: Cincinnati Astronomical Society; Miami Valley Astronomical Society in Dayton, Ohio; President, Albany Area Amateur Astronomers ¿ upstate New York
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