he inspiration and support for this report came from the CSO Technical Manager, Dr. Richard Chamberlin,
but it could not have been accomplished without the support and invaluable input and reminiscences from the
CSO Director Dr. Thomas Phillips. We also received valuable input and assistance in gathering materials from
the following:
Ralph Leighton, son of Dr. Robert Leighton;
Susan McCurdy, Administrative Assistant, Division of Physics, Mathematics and
Astronomy, CIT;
Dr. Shelley Irwin, Associate Archivist, CIT;
Heidi Aspaturian, Public Relations, CIT;
Deborah Williams-Hedges, Caltech Media Relations.
And finally, thanks to Diana Bisel, CSO Administrative Aide for her assistance,
and to Allen Guyer, CSO Electro-Mechanical Specialist, who is the only current CSO staff
member who has been here since the construction days,
for reading the manuscript and valuable input.
There are many individuals who have been involved with the development of this observatory
and I offer my apologies for omitting mention of all of them in this brief
review. One in particular who should be mentioned is David Woody who, along with
David Vail and Walter Schaal, published a paper on the Design, Construction, and Performance
of the Leighton 10.4 -m-Diameter Radio Telescopes (see Reference No. 5) Comments and additional
information from readers of this article will be very welcome!
WS January 2007
steiger@hawaii.edu
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