Barry Lafean Lutz

Background

Lutz, Barry Lafean was born on January 2, 1944 in Windsor, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ray Donald and Nina Capitola (Bull) Lutz.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Lebanon Valley College, 1965; National Aeronautics and Space Administration trainee, Princeton University, 1966-1968; AM, Princeton University, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1968.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow National Resource Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1968-1970. Postdoctoral resident in astronomy Lick Observatory and University California, Santa Cruz, 1970-1971. Senior research associate State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1971-1977.

Astronomer Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1977-1991. Professor physics and astronomy Northern Arizona University, since 1991. Adjunct assistan professor State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1971-1974, adjunct associate professor, 1974-1981.

Adjunct associate professor physics Arizona State University, Tempe, 1981-1983, adjunct professor physics, 1983-1986. Adjunct professor physics and astronomy Northern Arizona University, 1988-1991. Consultant Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, 1973, Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1974, Observatory de Meudon, France, 1979, University Dijon, France, 1980.

Member research committee National Science Foundation, since 1972. Member planetary astronomy management operations working group National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1986, member astronomy review panel, since 1991.

Achievements

• Barry Lafean Lutz has been listed as a noteworthy Astronomer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Democratic County Committee, Suffolk County, New York, 1972-1980. National delegate Democratic Midterm Convention, 1974. Member American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union, Division Planetary Sciences (member executive committee 1987-1990), Astronomical Society Pacific, International Astronomical Union, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Karen Lee Witman, September 3, 1966 (divorced June 1981). Married Mary Susanna Maxwell, July 25, 1981.

Father:

Ray Donald Lutz

Mother:

Nina Capitola (Bull) Lutz

Spouse:

Mary Susanna Maxwell

Spouse:

Karen Lee Witman