"The house that John built" and "Jefferies gets new position in Arizona"

Author:

Hastings, Barbara

Title:

"The house that John built" and "Jefferies gets new position in Arizona"

Periodical:

The Honolulu Advertiser

Year:

1983

Volume:

V4

Pages:

3

Subject:

Jefferies, John Mauna Kea National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) Institute for Astronomy

Summary:

University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy director John Jefferies is leaving for a new challenge in Arizona. The article described what he had achieved during 19 years in Hawaii: from almost nothing to a solar observatory on Haleakala, Maui, and six telescopes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii Island. Dr. Jefferies will become the first director of the newly formed National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) which combined the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Kitt Peak National Observatory and the National Solar Observatory. With photos of Dr. Jefferies and Mauna Kea summit "... four major telescopes, two minor ones, a major one under construction, two more planned."

Date:

July 15, 1983

Collection:

Akiyama