- Operating (Discovery) Grants
- ...held from 1971 to 2010
- Infrastructure Grants (with T.A. Clark)
- RAO, 1990-91
- RAO, 1988-90
- RAO, 1987-88
- RAO, 1985-87
- Major Equipment Grants
- Infrared Telescope (with T.A. Clark), 1981-2.
- Equipment Grants
- RAO Computational Upgrade, 1996-7
- Infrared Spectrograph, 1990-91
- Infrared Photometers, 1984-85
- RADS System, 1976-77
- Optical photometer for 41-cm telescope, 1972-73
- Other Grants
- NSERC Special Research Opportunity grant for UVIT (co-I with Carmelle Robert, Laval, and other co-Is), 2006-2010)
- Science Awareness and Promotion Program, 2002-2005 {for Open House program enhancement through a new visitors' centre at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory [total $430,000]}
- Innovation and Science Research Investments Program, 2000-2003 {for RAO research upgrade [total $350,000]}
- NSERC Major Equipment Grant (Espadons Echelle Spectrograph for CFHT (one of five Co-Is with John Landstreet, UWO, PI) 1999-2002
- Cross Educational Foundation, RAO Development, 1981-83
- Cross Educational Foundation, 1.8-m mirror project (jointly with the Astrophysical Research Consortium), 1981-83
- Univ. of Calgary Endowment Fund Special Projects Fund, 1983-84
Professional Memberships & Service
International Astronomical Union
- IAU Commission 25 (Photometry & Polarimetry)
- President, 2009-2012
- Vice-President, 2006-2009
- Chair, Infrared Astronomy Working Group, 1988-present
- Member, Organizing Committee, 1994-2003
- Member, Organizing Committee, 1986-91
- Organizer, Convenor, & Chair, Joint Commission meeting on Problems of Infrared Extinction & Standardization (9 & 25), Baltimore, 1988.
- IAU Commission 42 (Close Binaries)
- Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, IAU Colloquium No. 191, The Environments and Evolution of Binary and Multiple Stars.
- Organizer, Convenor, & Chair, Commission Scientific Session on Improvements in Light Curve Modeling of Eclipsing Binary Stars, Buenos Aires & Cordoba, 1991.
- Commission 27 (Variable Stars)
- Commission 37 (Star Clusters & Associations)
- Commission 41 (History of Astronomy)
American Astronomical Society
- Member, Local Organizing Committee, AAS 208th meeting, Calgary, 2006.
- AAS Attorney in Alberta, 1981-82
- Chair, Local Organizing Committee, AAS 158th meeting, Calgary, 1981.
- Dynamical Astronomy Division
- Historical Astronomy Division
- Planetary Sciences Division
Canadian Astronomical Society
- Member, Local Organizing Committee, CAS meeting, Calgary, 2006.
- Heritage Committee, 1992-2004
- Steering Committee, High Resolution Telescope Project
- NRC Assoc. Comm. Subcommitee on Infrared & Optical Astronomy, 1974-77.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- ASP Representative, Univ. of Calgary, 1995-2000:
The New York Academy of Science
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (Calgary Centre)
The International Dark Sky Association
International Symposia
- Organizer, Convenor, and Chair, conference on The Origins, Evolution,
& Destinies of Binary Stars in Clusters, Calgary, June, 1995:
[published as ASP Conference Series 90, Milone & Mermilliod, eds.,1996]
Other Professional Memberships & Service
- Sigma Xi
- Admissions Committee, Univ. of Calgary Chapter, 1990-1999
- President, Univ. of Calgary Chapter, 1980-81
- President-Elect, Univ. of Calgary Club, 1979-80
- Club Representative, National meetings, 1979, 1980
- Secretary-Treasurer, Univ. of Calgary Club, 1973-76
REFEREE WORK
- Arctic Inst. of North America (Journal)
- Astronomical Journal
- Astronomical Society of Japan (Publications)
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific (Publications)
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Astrophysical Journal
- Astrophysical Journal Letters
- Astrophysical Letters
- Astrophysics & Space Science (Kluwer Academic Publishers)
- Allyn & Bacon Inc.
- Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers
- Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
- Revista Mexicana
- Springer-Verlag
- Canada Council
- Italian Space Agency (ASI)
- Keck Foundation, USA
- Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada
- National Science Foundation, USA
- Research Corporation, USA
- Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
- Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory
- Gemini Observatory
- Initiator, Chair, Rothney Astrophysical Observatory TAC, 1997-2004
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
- Academic Computing Services
- Member, High Performance Computer Committee, 1989-92
- Member, Academic Computing Advisory Committee, 1990-91
- Calgary Institute for the Humanities
- Member, CIH Review Committee, 1987-88
- Member, CIH Council, 1986
- Member, Executive Council, 1982-1986
- Co-organizer, Conference on `Rapid Climate Change and Civilizations' (August, 1987)
- Co-Organizer & Convenor, Conference on `Images of Humanity: The Implications of Contemporary Developments and Discoveries in Science for the Uniqueness of the Human Being'. (April, 1984)
- Co-Organizer and Convenor, Conference on `Science, Change, and Society'. (Feb., 1983)
- Chancellor's Representative, Grand Opening of Wilson-Coulee Observatory, Okotoks, Alberta, January, 1983
- Chaplains Council
- Member, 1985-95
- Chair of Christian Thought Committee
- Member, 1985-87
- Department of Physics & Astronomy
- Director, Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, 2002-2004
- Co-Director, Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, 1975-2002
- Initiator, Chair, Planetarium Liaison Committee, 1996-2002.
- Initiator, Chair, RAO Support Group, 1996-2004.
- Initiator, Coordinator, RAO Open House Program, 1995-2002.
- Chair, RAO Telescope Allocation Committee, 1997-present
- Coordinator, Comet Hyakutake Open House, RAO, Mar. 24, 1996
- Coordinator, Comet Shumaker-Levy 9 Jupiter Collisions Observations & RAO Open House, July, 1994
- Co-organizer & Presentor, Infrared Telescope Dedication, May, 1987
- Coordinator, University Open House at RAO 1973-1981
- Seminarmeister, 1993-96; 1983-84; 1972-1973
- Organizer, campus Galileo Probe Jupiter Encounter presentation, Dec., 1995
- Organizer, campus Voyager Neptune Encounter media presentations, Nov., 1989
- Member, Graduate Affairs Committee, 1986-91, 1995-1999
- Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee, 1979-82
- Member, Astrophysics Programme Committee, 1994-1995; 1993-1994; 1991-1992; 1985-1986; 1981-1983
- Supervisor, Reading Room, 1972-1976
- Faculty of General Studies
- Member, Curriculum Committee, 1981-1991
- Faculty of Science
- Member, Research Fellowship Committee, 1998-1999, 2001
- Member, Tenure Committee, 1992-1994
- Member, Headship Appointment Committees, 1982, 1991
- Appeals Committee, 1989-1990, 1999
- Member, Appointments Committees, 8 times since 1979.
- Member, Special Committee on Math-Stats Department, 1979-1980
- Member, Executive Committee, Faculty Council, 1989-1990
- Member, Striking Committee, Faculty Council, 1983-1985
- Library Committee
- Member, 1974-1976
- University Grants Committee
- Chair, URGC, 1995-1996
- Member, Executive Committee, 1994-1995, 1995-1996
- Member, URGC, 1993-1996; 1984-1985
- Chair, Science & Engineering Research & Travel Subcommittee, 1994-1995
- Member, 1993-1995; 1984-1985
- Chair, Visiting Scholars Subcommittee, 1994-1995
- Member, 1993-1995; 1984-1985
- Chair, University Fellowships Committee, 1995-1996
- Member, 1994-1996
- Chair, International Fellowships Committee, 1994-1995
- Chair, URGC, 1995-1996
- University of Calgary Representative, Conference on the Canadian Long Baseline Array, Winnipeg, May 1983
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