[meteorite-list] List Members, Job, ETC.

[David Pensenstadler]

Dear List:

I am a 64 year old retired chemist and amateur astronomer with 3 grown children and 4 grandchildren, and will celebrate my 40th anniversary in April.  I started collecting meteorites in 1998 when Bill Cassidy, The Father of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program, gave me a 20 g. Henbury.  I now have nearly 100 meteorites displayed in the Natural Sciences Section of my Living Room.  In recent years, I have been giving lectures on meteorites to high school teachers and to students of all levels. I have worked with Geoff Notkin to get small Sihkote Alin meteorites to give away to school children, who really appreciate these wonders from space. 

I have been to the Gold Basin strewnfield a couple of times, and also to Franconia.  Have found small pieces on all occassions.

I am also the Chairman of the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, a non-profit organization that gives away more than half million dollars to science education yearly. Our funding comes from proceeds from an annual conference called the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. I have just organized an invited symposium on "Space Exploration in the 21st. Century" for this conference which will be held in Chicago in March.  You can check out our program at www.pittcon.org.


--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Walter Branch <waltbranch at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: Walter Branch <waltbranch at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] List Members, Job, ETC.
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 6:56 AM
> Hi Michael,
> 
> No way!
> 
> I really like reading about list members jobs, etc.  I
> would prefer not see summary statistics, t-tests,
> ANOVA's, MANOVA, factor analysis, etc of list members
> personal data.
> 
> Having said that, it appears that the majority of list
> members hail from North America and Europe.  I would like to
> hear more from list members in Asia and Africa.
> 
> -Walter Branch
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael
> Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>
> To: "Tomasz Jakubowski" <illaenus at wp.pl>;
> "Meteorite List"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] List Members, Job, ETC.
> 
> 
> By the way, all,
>        All this info and MUCH more can be posted on my
> Meteorite friends page sponsored by Meteorite Exchange,
> Which allows you to have 4 photos, list your web page,
> Write a Bio as long as you want, etc, etc.
>        A few years ago, I started a "Meteorite
> Friends" page
> On my site which includes the photos of well over 200
> List members. When you are reading posts of someone,
> You can see who they "are" by looking them up 
> (by
> First name) at:
> 
> http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/MeteoriteFriends.html
> 
> Later, Paul Harris (a great contributor to the meteorite
> Community in general) of Meteorite Exchange offered to
> extend this page for me (he is a master web page maker)
> by creating a page link that would allow people to self
> enter
> info re themselves at:
> 
> http://www.meteorite.com/friends/index.php/cat/9
> 
>        You will see dozens of list members, their photos
> And a great deal more info on them. It is all SELF ENTERED,
> So, you can include or exclude any info you care to. This
> does
> Not REPLACE the Meteorite Friends page, but rather adds
> Great depth to it by way of info.
>    If all you want is to refresh your visual memory of a
> list member,
> go to:
> 
> http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/MeteoriteFriends.html
> 
>    If you want in depth info on a list member, go to:
> 
> http://www.meteorite.com/friends/index.php/cat/9
> 
>        Best wishes, Michael
> PS: Those who have not listed themselves for my Meteorite
> Friends Page, please simply attach a "head shot"
> in digital
> Format to an email with "Meteorite Friends Page"
> in the
> Subject line.
>        If you are on the Meteorite Friends Page, please go
> to
> The above in depth link and enter whatever information on
> Yourself you are willing to share.
> 
> 
> On 2/19/09 8:31 AM, "Tomasz Jakubowski"
> <illaenus at wp.pl> wrote:
> 
> > I'm 28 geologist, Ph.D. student (I work with
> carbon in meteorites,
> > especially with diamonds). Most of time I spend with
> meteorites
> > research/collecting.
> > I live in Wroclaw in Poland.
> > 
> > 
> > Kind Regards
> > Tomasz Jakubowski
> > IMCA  #2321
> > 
> > --
> > Free Tibet
> > 
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