| Callsign | Name | Details/Claim to Fame | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| K1AKE | Dr. James M. Moran | Dr. Moran is the "Donald H. Menzel [W1JEX] Professor of Astrophysics" at Harvard, a leading researcher in the field of astronomical masers and black holes. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and he won the Rumford Prize (shared) from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Pierce prize from the American Astronomical Society for his role in developing very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). | W2SG |
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Additional Information (as of 01-SEP-2003)
Official Harvard Web page
Jannsky Lecture award link (cached, so this may go away or move)
ARRL story
NRAO Moran Press Release with black hole picture
2003 Fellow of the IEEE - article
Interesting email thread between Dr. Moran and Steve (July 28, 2003):
K1AKE de W2SG
Good to hear from you, Jim.
Like your father, I also graduated from Rutgers College of Engineering as
an EE -- in 1971 -- initially working for the DOD at Fort Monmouth, NJ, on
computer-based telecommunications systems. However, I went over to the
"dark side," becoming a patent lawyer and litigator in 1979. I now head up
the patent group at a large Manhattan-based law firm.
[text deleted]
Does W1QUO remember anything of the Rutgers Amateur Radio Club in the
pre-WWII days? I was president in the late 60's, when it was WA2NPP. When I
first arrived in the mid-60's, there was nothing left of the club, except
some old dusty equipment in the basement of one of the old "quad" dorms.
BTW, I think it is especially cool how you are now the Donald H. Menzel
Professor of Astrophysics, since Menzel was also a ham, W1JEX. We will also
be listing him soon. Congrats again on being elected as a Fellow of the
IEEE this past spring.
73 de W2SG
/Steve
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Dear Steve,
Thanks very much for the information about the web site - I did not know
it existed. I was glad to see that you have Grote Reber W9GFZ listed, the
father of radio astronomy, my field.
btw. My father is a 1940 graduate of Rutgers, W2IVI, and now W1QUO.
Jim
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 steven.glazer@weil.com wrote:
> Hey Jim:
>
> Add that 2003 Fellow of the IEEE award to your posted cv. You earned it!
>
> 73 de W2SG
> /Steve Glazer
>
> P.S. I was researching you for an upcoming listing on our Famous Hams Web
> site.
> http://users.tellurian.com/gjurrens/famous_hams.html
>
>
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