Career
He developed his interest in astronomy in 1933. In 1947 he was elected the first official president of the Astronomical League. Besides his numerous variable star observations he was interested also in solar astronomy and occultations.
The Astronomical League awarded Edward Halbach with the Astronomical League Award in 1972 and the Leslie C. Peltier Award in 1981 for his variable star and lunar occultation observations and contributions to artificial satellite programs.
In 2003 he was awarded the William Tyler Olcott Award of the AAVSO, acknowledging him, among others, as a promoter of variable star observing and a mentor of amateur astronomers. By that time he contributed to the society"s database with over 98,000 observations.
The Milwaukee Astronomical Society named one of their two 12.5 inches (32 cm) telescopes "Halbach reflector" in his honour. On April 7, 2009 he celebrated his 100th birthday, a landmark that was noted on the National Broadcasting Company television program Today.
