Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:49:06 -0500
From: arne <arne
Cc: "Kevin B. Marvel" <marvel

On behalf of the AAVSO, I'd like to extend my warmest congratulations to Dr.
Kevin Marvel, who has been appointed as the new Executive Officer of the
American Astronomical Society.  Kevin is taking over the reins of the AAS
Headquarters from Dr. Robert Milkey, who is retiring in July 2006.  Kevin's
appointment was first announced at the January AAS meeting, but the most
recent AAS Newsletter has his appointment as the lead article.

our organization in the 1990s during his graduate school years, making use of
our data on AGB stars for his dissertation work. He became a member of the AAVSO
Council in 2000 during Janet Mattei's directorship, and became an officer in
2002.  Kevin also served as the Chair of the Director Search Committee, and
helped steer the AAVSO through the transitional period of the past two years.

As we announced in the December 2005 Newsletter, Kevin formally stepped down as
1st Vice President of the AAVSO at the Annual Meeting last October to devote all
Those of you who are familiar with Kevin's hard work in Washington on behalf of
the Astronomical community know how much work that position entailed, and Kevin
has served with enthusiasm and good humor since joining the AAS Executive Office
in 1998.

Kevin's leadership, and we will continue to benefit from his efforts on
behalf of the larger Astronomical community as well.  It is nice to have
are becoming an important issue.

Congratulations, Kevin, and good luck in your new position!

Arne
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