Effective 30 June, Ed Carder has retired from the Instrument Support Group. Ed's career began when the PDS Microphotometer was a new instrument and digitally scanning photographic images was a sophisticated method of data extraction. Ed also maintained most of the laboratory measuring equipment, the optical filter collection, and he supported the "Save-the-Bits" data archive. In more recent times, he became a vital element in observer support at the telescopes. He had many instruments under his charge over the years, among them were: IRS (Intensified Reticon Scanner), IIDS (Intensified Image Dissector Scanner), CCD direct imaging, the GoldCam CCD spectrometer, the Coudé Feed spectrograph, CCDPhot photometric package, and direct CCD imaging at the Burrell Schmidt and 0.9-meter telescopes.
Ed's cool steady hand and unflappable demeanor will be missed. We wish him well in his retirement and bid him a unanimous "Thanks" for a job well done.
Jim DeVeny