A Brief Biographical Sketch
Charles
E. Scovil
154
Cold Spring Road, Apt. 66
Stamford, CT 06905
Email: cescovil@snet.net
Born
1928, Queens, NY, raised Montclair, NJ, attended public schools.
Graduated Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 1952, degree in Geology.
Hobbies: photography, archaeology, astronomy. Became interested in
astronomy at about age 10 - vacationing in Adirondack Mountains of N.Y.
State. Has taught astronomy at adult level in several towns in Conn.
and grade school level in Greenwich, CT for 4 years.
Divorced,
3 married children, 4 grandchildren.
Current
employment: Honorary position: (40 years) Curator, Stamford
Observatory, Stamford Museum. Active work: Research in the field of
Variable Stars, drafting star charts for their study, photographing
star fields, observing stars. Author of two atlases of star charts; one
hand-drafted, (The AAVSO Variable Star Atlas); one photographic, (True
Visual Magnitude Photographic Star Atlas, vol 3, with Christos
Papadopoulos).
Won
Stellafane Blue Ribbon for special folded refractor, 1966. Awarded
Astronomical League Commendation (NE Region) 1974. Won AAVSO Merit
Award, 1981 Received AAVSO Director's Award, 1999.
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