2012 Spring Alumni News

Congratulations to PTYS alumnus David Grinspoon (1988) on his appointment as the first Baruch S. Blumberg NASA-Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology!

April 16, 2012

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NASA, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SELECT FIRST ASTROBIOLOGY CHAIR

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Library of Congress have announced the selection of David H

Betty Pierazzo Memorial Fund

The Planetary Science Institute has established the Betty Pierazzo Memorial Fund. The purpose of this fund will be to promote science in education.

To contribute, please visit PSI's Betty Pierazzo Memorial Fund.

Betty was a 1997 graduate of LPL. She was also adjunct faculty at

Melissa Lamberton graduated from the University of Arizona in 2009 with degrees in Environmental Sciences and Creative Writing. As a Space Grant student, she collaborated with Mike Drake to complete a history of LPL. Last summer, her article, "A Thirsty Tree" was published in Terrain.org: A Journal of

Dr. James Head (1999) is serving as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and hosted at the State Department, Office of Space and Advanced Technology. There are approximately 250 AAAS Fellows, approximately 35 serving in Congress and the balance spread