Arne Henden, Director of the AAVSO, took Vance Petriew by surprise when he asked him to come forward for a special Director's Service Award at the Banquet of Astronomy Roundup 2007 in Calgary, Alberta. Photo Credit: James Edgar, Regina Centre, RASC

The 2007 Director's Award was given to Vance Petriew at the Astronomy Roundup 2007, a joint RASC/AAVSO/ALPO meeting, on July 1, 2007. It was even more fitting that Vance received the award in his native country! The citation reads:

In recognition of his ...

leadership of the Comparison Star Database Team, devoting numerous hours in the documentation of every comparison star currently used by the AAVSO. Vance also utilized his database skills in the creation of the Variable Standards Database, a masterful relational database of the comparison stars that can be updated in perpetuity. All the while, Vance has been a major observational contributor to our International Database, showing his enthusiasm and pursuit of all aspects of variable star astronomy.

Congratulations Vance! We appreciate all that you do.