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  Dr. Michael Saladyga
Technical Assistant: Data Processing, JAAVSO Production Editor, Archives, and Library

Mike Saladyga

Michael Saladyga began working for the AAVSO in January, 1985, on the suggestion and recommendation of his former boss, Dr. Dorrit Hoffleit at the Yale Astronomy Dept. He worked for Dr. Hoffleit as a research assistant and computer programmer on the Bright Star Catalogue (4th ed.) and the Supplement to the BSC.

Always involved in just about every aspect of staff work at AAVSO Headquarters, Mike's responsibilities center on: compiling and archiving the non-automated variable star observations received at HQ each month; production editor for the AAVSO Journal; and arranging and cataloging the AAVSO's archives. He is also routinely called to assist other staff with their projects.

After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, Mike attended Temple University and Buffalo State College (BA); Middlebury College (MA); and Brandeis University (MA, PhD).

Mike is now working with past-president Thomas R. Williams in researching and writing a documented history of the AAVSO which will be published by Cambridge University Press. The book's release is expected to coincide with the AAVSO's 100th anniversary celebration in 2011.

 
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