Special Recognitions 2001

The different ways you have given of yourself and of your time to variable star astronomy and the AAVSO are myriad:

- as variable star observer, you have contributed 1,675 observations to the AAVSO International Database;

- as photoelectric photometrist, you have spent many, many hours in the delicate precision necessary to make accurate observations;

- as Archivist of the AAVSO Photoelectric Photometry Database since its inception, you personally have meticulously compiled, reduced, and archived over 32,500 photoelectric observations submitted by observers worldwide, maintained the machine-readable Database in excellent condition, and kept the many administrative details in the best of order;

- as Chair of the AAVSO Photoelectric Photometry Committee since 1975, you have given 26 years of wise council, enthusiasm, patience, persistence, and continuity (and written well over 100 monthly, semiannual, and annual committee reports!);

- as advisor, helper, and mentor to amateur and professional astronomers alike, you have contributed to the most productive use of observing opportunities and the channeling of research into valuable and rewarding avenues, and you have opened the exciting area of photoelectric photometry variable star observing to many observers worldwide and helped them through its complexities;

- as friend, you have warmed us with your unstinting kindness, cheerfulness, and gentleness.

Thank you, Howard.

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Lee Anne Willson				 Janet A. Mattei
President					 Director

Presented at the AAVSO 90th Annual Meeting
Somerville, Massachusetts, November 3, 2001