Clifford W. Holmes Award

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The Clifford W. Holmes Award is presented annually near Big Bear City, California at the RTMC Astronomy Expo to an individual for a significant contribution to popularizing astronomy. [1]

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Established in 1978 by Richard Poremba as the Astronomy for America Award, it was renamed for Clifford W. Holmes, the founder of the Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC) in 1980.

Awardees

Recipients of the award are: [1] [2]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Clifford W. Holmes Award". RTMC Astronomy Expo. Archived from the original on 24 October 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Astronomy Outreach
  1. ↑ Special awards to Mount Wilson Observatory staff for motivating firefighters during the Station Fire: Hal and Susan McAlister, Dave Jurasevich and Larry Webster
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