Dr. Gerry Neugebauer, the husband of LPL Affiliate Research Scientist Marcia Neugebauer, passed away on September 26, after a long illness. Gerry earned a Ph.D. in physics from Caltech in 1960, after which he served two years in the army, stationed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. When he returned to Caltech, he joined forces with Bob Leighton to build a simple infrared telescope and conduct the first all-sky survey in the infrared. He established one of the two leading programs that pioneered infrared astronomy. Among many accomplishments, the program Neugebauer started revealed a number of extreme infrared-emitting stars (through the 2-micron sky survey), discovered the Center of the Milky Way, found the first protostar (the Becklin-Neugebauer Object), and led in the development of techniques for improved near-infrared measurements. He also led the science team for the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). After retiring in 1998, Gerry and Marcia moved to Academy Village in Tucson, and Marcia became active in the Solar & Heliospheric research group at LPL, while Gerry was affiliated with Steward Observatory until his health began to fail. Gerry received the Space Science Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Herschel Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in Britain, of which he was a member. He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and
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