Governor Neil Abercrombie and University of Hawai‘i President MRC Greenwood hosted a reception on Nov. 11 at Washington Place, Honolulu, for officials and community leaders associated with the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope. Among the guests were TMT officials, representatives from Big Island and astronomy communities; federal, state and UH officials; and benefactors. UH Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney attended.
From left,UH Manoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, UH Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney, Dilling Yang, University of California System President Mark Yudof, UC Berkeley Professor Steven Beckwith, Senator Daniel and Irene Inouye, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Director General Shoken Miyama, UH System President M.R.C. Greenwood, UH Institute for Astronomy Director Gunther Hasinger, UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Henry Yang, California Institute of Technology President Jean-Lou Chameau. Photo courtesy of UH System.
University of Hawai‘i President M.R.C. Greenwood, Sen. Inouye, UH Institute for Astronomy Director Gunther Hasinger and Irene Inouye. Photo courtesy of UH System.
U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye addresses a reception for officials associated with the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope. Photo courtesy of UH System.
From right, UH Regent Jan Naoe Sullivan, Governor Abercrombie and UH Vice President Howard Todo welcome members of the international TMT consortium. Photo courtesy of the UH System.
From left, Big Island farmer and businessman Richard Ha; Rockne Freitas, VP for Student Affairs and University/Community Relations; Herring Kalua, member of the Mauna Kea Management Board; and UH Hilo Chancellor Don Straney. Photo courtesy of Richard Ha.
From left, Big Island business leader Roberta Chu; UH Regent and Big Island energy expert Barry Mizuno; and UH Hilo Chancellor Don Straney. Photo courtesy of Richard Ha.
Hilo businessman Barry Taniguchi and Debbie Goodwin of the Keck Observatories were among the guests, who included representatives from Big Island and astronomy communities; federal, state and university officials; and benefactors. Photo courtesy of UH System.
From left, Ricard Ellis, CIT; Gary Sanders, TMT; Mike Bolte, UC; Suijian Xue, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shoken Miyama, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan; Hawaiʻi Governor Neil Abercrombie; Hideki Takami and Masanori Iye, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan; Henry Yang, UC Santa Barbara; Ray Carlberg, University of Toronto; A. N. Ramaprakash, University of Pune. Photo courtesy of UH System.
Photos from Richard Ha originally published on his blog. Thanks, Richard!
