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Investing in our Community
by Jeno Sokoloski, President, The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
2014 Benefactors
2014 Benefactors
Supernova Society ($20,000 or more)
Post, Richard
The Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund
Nova Society ($10,000-19,999)
Director's Circle ($5,000-9,999)
Myers, Gordon
Patrons ($2,500-4,999)
Centala, John
Goff, William
Welch, Doug
Williams, Thomas R.
Advocates ($1,000-2,499)
Baldwin, Marvin E.
Berry, Richard
Guinan, Edward F.
Hinzel, David H
Howe, Rodney H.
Landolt, Arlo U.
Larsen, Kristine M.
Martin, John C.
Mittelman, David
Schorr, Frank
Simonsen, Mike
Starkey, Donn R.
Templeton, Matthew
Turner, David G.
Sponsors ($500-999)
Bartlett, Terrill
Billings, Gary W.
Boulet, Dan
Chantiles, Dean N.
Horne, Jerry
Jay, Karen
Kolman, Roger S.
Louisiana State University
Mattei, Mike
McWilliams, Alexander Scarborough
Stanton, Richard H.
Stine, Robert J.
Walker, Gary
Wilcoxen, Mark
Contributors ($250-499)
Burrows, Thomas A.
Creigh, Charles T.
de Jong, Mark S.
Dillon, Bill (TX)
Harris, Barbara
Hose Jr., Richard Kenneth
King, Ronald
Menzies, Kenneth
Moehlmann, Jon
Nagle, John R.
Padovan, Stefano
Persha, Gerald
Seargeant, Albert
Sitko, Michael
Society for Astronomical Sciences
Stein, William
Warner, Brian D.
Friends ($100-249)
Adler, Helmar
Alton, Kevin B.
Bagyinszki, Peter
Bailey, Daniel
Barnes III, Thomas G.
Beaman, Barry B
Bennett, Gerald
Bois, Bernard
Borgwald, James M.
Bradley, Walter
Bretl, Thomas
Brettman, Orville
Brooks, David
Bryant, Tom
Chamberlin, Joan
Coker, Philip
Cole, Gary
Cowall, David Eric
Cox, Louis B.
Crawford, Tim
Crosby, Blake
Douglass, Donald B.
Elizabeth O Waagen
Fienberg, Richard T.
Fox, James
Garnavich, Peter M.
Giangobbe, Mitchell
Glassner, Richard
Gowen, Herbert
Graham, Keith A.
Granslo, Bjorn
Guzik, Joyce
Hambsch, Franz-Josef (Josch)
Heasley, Allen S.
Henden, Arne
Hesseltine, Christopher W.
Hoofnagle, Dennis
Horne, Jeffery
Hough, David H.
Huziak, Richard
Kafka, Styliani
Kay, James
Kinne, Richard
Koppelman, Michael
Kostelecky, Timothy
Kouveliotou, Chryssa
Lawler, Jim
Levine, Stephen
Long, Knox S.
Loughney, Des
Maerz, Brian
Nelson, Peter R.
Nelson, Robert H.
Norton, Thomas S.
Ott, John J.
Paxson, Kevin B.
Pearce, Andrew
Pullen, Charles
Raymond, John C.
Reeves, Terry
Rocha, Jose
Rodriguez Marco, Miguel
Sabo, Richard
Sakuma, Sei-ichi
Seargeant, Jim
Sjoberg, George
Smeggil, John
Smith, Horace Alden
Smith, James C.
Smojver, Lee
Soukup, Michael
Stephan, Christopher
Stubbings, Rod
Sworin, David J.
Tomlin, Ray E.
Tsuji, Seiji
Tubbs, Carl
Walter, Bradley S.
Wasatonic, Richard
Wiley, Edward
Wing, Robert F.
Supporters ($1-99)
Adib, Carlos
Amburgey, Leonard L.
Arminski, Andrzej
Arnold, James
Artale, Christopher
Ashmore, Patrick
Ballegoij, Erwin van
Barlow, Robert
Bartlett, Marshall Grant
Becker, Carter M
Bedient, James
Benni, Paul
Berg, Richard
Billiaert, Bruno
Birriel, Jennifer
Boardman, James
Bolt, Gregory
Bordner, Charles A., Jr.
Boyd, David
Boyle, Robert James
Bradbury, Mark Alan
Breckinridge, James
Brewster, Michael
Briggs, John W.
Brown, Robert Lee
Burns, Christopher
Cadmus, Robert R., Jr.
Calia, Charles
Cash, Jennifer
Cassignard, Laurent
Ciocca, Marco
Clark, Wayne E.
Cooney, Walter R., Jr.
Coulehan, Vincent
Croom, Mark
Danskin, Keith H.
Darlington, Graham
Davis, Jack F.
De Araujo, Nikita Selicina
Dedrickson, Duane
Dempsey, Frank
Derbyshire, Ella
Deren, Oskar
Dietz, Richard D.
Dose, Eric
Dowhos, David J.
Dowhos, David J.
Dudley, Robert
Dukes, Albert D., Jr.
Dunn, Anne R.
Eggenstein, Heinz-Bernd
Erdelyi, Emery
Fabrega, Joaquin
Fahey, Walter
Faulkinbury, Jeffery
Foster, Mark D.
Fowler, Douglas
Fridlund, Carl Vilhelm Malcolm
Froeschlin, Christian
Gandet, Thomas L.
Garey, Patrick J.
Gaustad, John E.
Ghiri, Mauro
Glez-Herrera, Alfredo
Goldman, Don
Goodridge, Jim
Hager, Timothy
Hall, James
Hampton, Walter R.
Harper, David C.
Hay, Kim
Hill, Robert S.
Hock, Leslie
Holm, Albert V.
Hoppes, Phillip
Howard, Conrad
Howell, Steven
Hunter, Tim
Hurdis, David A.
Janssens, Luc
Johnson, Jessica
Johnston, A. Sidney
Joner, Michael
Jordan, Thomas
Kadooka, Mary Ann
Kaitchuck, Ronald
Karovska, Margarita
Kato, Eiji
Kendall, Jason
Kent, Susan
Kerr, Stephen
Kidder, Jon
Kiyota, Seiichiro
Kneip,Raymond
Knight, Carl R.
Kohl, Michael
Kolenberg, Katrien
Krafka, Frank
Lemay, Damien
Lindsey, Kevin
Los, Edward J.
Ludington, Whit
Maca, Thomas
Mais, Dale
Majors, David
Matsnev, Dimitri
Mauche, Christopher W.
McCammon, John
McDonald, Patrick
McMath, James Bruce
Moat, Alice
Moeller, Michael
Moonen, Roel
Morales, Irma Andrea Fuentes
Morgan, Siobahn
Morrison, Nancy
Mukai, Koji
Murphy, Andrew
Neill, John G
Neily, Jr., Clark M.
Nicholas, Michael
Norris, Paul M.
Novak, Rudolf
Oksanen, Arto
Paquin, George Joseph
Parson, Timothy G.
Percy, John R.
Pierce, Thomas
Pieri, Roger
Plante, Philip L.
Ponthiere, Pierre De
Powell Jr.,William Lee
Putnam, Randal A.
Rebecca Turner
Reinking, Todd
Ritzel, John
Roberts, Edward
Roman, Nancy Grace
Sadauskas, Jonas
Sadun, Alberto
Saladyga, Michael
Samolyk, Gerard
Santacana, Guido E
Sara Beck
Sarty, Gordon Eric
Sawyer, Edward
Sawyer, George M.
Schiff, Stephen C.
Scott Tracy
Shotter, Larry
Silvis, George A.
Simmons, Neil Alan
Singer, Burton
Sliski, Alan
Smith, J. Allyn
Soderblom, David
Steck, Timothy
Stevens, Berton L., Jr.
Sullivan, Philip H.
Sykes, James
Szkody, Paula
Teays, Terry
Tegon, Antonio
Thomas, Wayne E
Undreiu, Lucian
Veliz, Claudio
Virtanen, Jani Petri
Wahlgren, Glenn M.
Wehlau, Amelia
Weir, Robert
Whelan, David
Wilkerson, Jeffrey A.
Wilkerson, Winston S.
Williams, Richard
Williams, Roger
Wilson, William M.
Woerner, Edwin L.
Wolfe, Stephen A.
Wood, Gary
Yatsenkov, Igor
Young, Joshua
Zeller, Paul
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The last fundraising letter
Season's Greetings From Your AAVSO
Season's Greetings from your AAVSO!
It's hard to believe we've come to the end of another year, but once the tree lighting ceremony in Boston occurs, we know there are not many days until the new year. It's a time of year we use to reflect on what we have accomplished, and it's a time we dare to look to the future and dream about what is possible.
2013 Benefactors
2013 Benefactors
Thank You to our 2013 Benefactors
The following people have made donations of cash or paid their dues at the sustaining level
Jan.1- Nov. 25, 2013. We thank you for your generosity and support.
Year End Giving 2013
There are plenty of reasons and many ways to make a donation to the AAVSO this year.
(You can click on any of the live links or images on this page to make a contribution)
The Annual Adopt a Variable Star Program (AAVSP)
Near the end of 2013 we plan to launch a fundraising program designed to encourage small donations to the AAVSO from a large number of donors each year. The concept is very simple and has been used by other non-profits to raise money for children, animals, and other good causes: “adopt” the variable star of your choice for one year for a donation to the AAVSO of $20.00 U.S. (tax-deductible in the U.S.). Our program will be called the Annual Adopt a Variable Star Program (AAVSP).