Aden B. Meinel

Founding Director, Optical Sciences Center
Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology: Retired Distinguished Scientist On Call, 1993–2011; Distinguished Scientist, 1987–1992; Senior Scientist, 1985–1987
The University of Arizona: Optical Sciences Center/College of Optical Sciences, Professor Emeritus, 1985–2011; Optical Sciences Center, Professor, 1973–1985; Optical Sciences Center, Director and Chairman, 1966–1973; Steward Observatory, Director, 1961–1966; Department of Astronomy, Professor, 1961–1973
Kitt Peak National Observatory: Director, 1958–1961
National Science Foundation: Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee, 1954–1958
Yerkes and McDonald Observatories: Associate Director, 1953–1956
University of Chicago: Associate Professor, 1950–1953; Research Associate, 1949–1950
United States Navy: Ensign, 1945–1946; Seaman, 1st Class, 1944–1945
California Institute of Technology: Research Associate, 1942–1944

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 1962
American Association for the Advancement of Science, President, Rocky Mountain and Southwestern Division, 1964–1965
American Astronomical Society, Warner Prize, 1954; Council, 1959–1962
American Institute of Physics Governing Board, 1971–1973
Optical Society of Southern California
California Lutheran College, Convocator, 1961–1963; Regent, 1963–1971
Astronomical Society of the Republic of China, Honorary Member
International Astronomical Union, Member, Commission 44; Vice President, Commission 9, 1971–1973; President, Commission 9, 1973–1976
National Research Council, Division of Physical Sciences, 1972–1976
The Optical Society (OSA), Adolph Lomb Medal, 1952; Board of Directors, 1964–1968; Fellow, 1965; President-Elect, 1971–1972; President, 1972–1973; Ives Medal, 1980
U.S. Air Force Scroll of Appreciation, 1967
SPIE, Goddard Award, 1984; Fellow, 1988; Kingslake Medal and Award, 1993, Gold Medal, 1997
The University of Arizona, Honorary Doctor of Science, 1990
George van Biesbroeck Award for Services in Astronomy, 1990
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1993
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 2006

Astrophysics, spectroscopy, upper atmospheric physics, glass technology, optical design, instrumentation, space systems, solar energy

McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, Tex.: Associate Director; design supervision of construction and installation of the 36-inch telescope
Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Ariz.: Executive Secretary in charge of site selection and design of 36-inch and 85-inch telescopes; Director in charge of construction and installation of telescopes, telescope auxiliaries and observatory buildings
Steward Observatory, Tucson, Ariz.: Director in charge of construction and relocation of the 36-inch telescope; design, construction and installation of the 94-inch telescope
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India: Foreign Advisor for completion of 48-inch telescope construction and installation
Optical Sciences Center: Director; conceptual design for the multiple mirror telescope (MMT), 186-inch equivalent aperture
National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Republic of China: Foreign Advisor for construction and installation of 24-inch telescope

D.L. Crawford, A.B. Meinel and Martha W. Stockton, eds., A Symposium on Support and Testing of Large Astronomical Mirrors, Optical Sciences Technical Report 30, July 1968, 252 pp.
A.B. Meinel, A.F. Aveni, and Martha W. Stockton, Catalog of Emission Lines in Astrophysical Objects, Optical Sciences Center Technical Report 27, June 1968, 195 pp.
A.B. Meinel and M.P. Meinel, Power for the People, McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, 1971, 280 pp.
A.B. Meinel and M.P. Meinel, Applied Solar Energy: An Introduction, Addison-Wesley, 1976, 650 pp.
A.B. Meinel and M.P. Meinel, Sunsets, Twilights, and Evenings Skies, Cambridge University Press, 1983, 163 pp.