Henry Ellsworth Wirt Bouchelle III

Background

III, Henry Ellsworth Wirt Bouchelle was born on July 15, 1949 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Henry Ellsworth Wirt Junior and Evelyn Elizabeth (Gray) B.

Education

Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1971; postgraduate, Towson State University, 1973; Master of Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1976.

Career

Teacher, Gibson Island (Maryland.) School, 1973-1976; reading specialist, Charlotte (North Carolina) Country Day School, 1976-1978; instructor, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1978-1981; teacher, Pilot School, Wilmington, Delaware, 1981-1986; planetarium director, Colonial School District, New Castle, Delaware, since 1986. Director Project Starwalk, Colonial School District, New Castle, since 1986. Variable Star Program, Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory, Greenville, Delaware, since 1994.

Agent Project SPICA, National Science Foundation/Harvard Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1989.

Achievements

• Henry Ellsworth Wirt Bouchelle III has been listed as a noteworthy Planetarium director, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin, Delaware, since 1992. Member Delaware Astronomical Society (president since 1992), American Association Variable Star Observers, National Science Teachers Association, Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, Delaware County Academy of Science, Phi Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: astronomy, amateur rocketry, antique clocks.

Connections

Married Mary Christine Baker, December 27, 1970 (divorced). Children: Henry Mitchell, Samuel Stuart.

Father:

Henry Ellsworth Wirt B. Junior

Mother:

Evelyn Elizabeth (Gray) B.

Spouse:

Mary Christine Baker

child:

Henry Mitchell III

child:

Samuel Stuart III