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Management Changes (1Mar94)
(from the Director's Office, NOAO Newsletter No. 37, 1 March 1994)

I am very pleased to announce that Todd Boroson has been selected as
the US Project Scientist for the Gemini telescopes project.  With this
appointment, Todd joins Malcolm Smith and Jacques Beckers as Associate
Directors of NOAO.  Todd was selected by a search committee chaired by
Steve Strom.  The committee selected Todd because of his "record of
scientific and technical accomplishments while a staff member at a
major private observatory (Carnegie Observatories), at a prominent
university-based observatory (University of Michigan/MDM Observatory)
and most recently at NOAO; .... his ability to communicate and work
effectively with astronomers throughout the US and international
communities; his understanding of the Gemini project and of potential
NOAO/Gemini synergism; and his technical vision and commitment." I
would like to express my appreciation to Steve and the committee (Gerry
Neugebauer, Eric Persson, Hy Spinrad, Fred Gillett, and Steve Ridgway)
for their work in carrying out the search process.

The section of this newsletter prepared by the US Gemini Project Office
(USGPO) describes the role and responsibilities of this new division of
NOAO.  Fred Gillett, who served as Acting US Project Scientist for the
past year, will continue to work with the office, concentrating on
technical issues.  A technical/administrative assistant, Kathy Wood,
has been added to the office, and recruitment for a managing engineer
will be initiated soon.

Caty Pilachowski is now serving as interim director of Kitt Peak
National Observatory pending initiation of a search for that position.
In addition to managing the observatory, she is leading the effort to
define a long range plan for KPNO as part of the NOAO 2000 effort,
which is described elsewhere in this newsletter.  The advent of the
Gemini project, which will require substantial support from Kitt Peak
scientific and technical staff, combined with extremely constrained
budgets, requires a re-examination of the priorities for the
Tucson-based nighttime resources.  I very much appreciate Caty's
willingness to assume this major responsibility at a time of very
significant challenge and change.  Those of you who are familiar with
her past contributions to KPNO, to WIYN, to the AAS Publications Board,
and to many other programs will, I am sure, have great confidence in
her ability to lead the observatory aggressively forward.

George Jacoby, who had formerly been in charge of KPNO mountain
operations, has been named Project Scientist for IRAF.  Appointment of
a Project Scientist has been one of the most frequent recommendations
of the IRAF Users' Committee, and in his short tenure George has
already demonstrated that he will have a major positive impact on
program planning, priorities, and evaluation.

Sidney C. Wolff

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