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Terry Mann is President of the Astronomical League, an organization with approximately 20,000 amateur astronomers. She served as Secretary for the Astronomical League from 1998 to 2001. In 2004 Terry received the R.G. Wright Award. The G. R. (Bob) Wright League Service Award recognizes people who have performed above and beyond the call of duty. Currently she is working on a continuing effort to develop outreach programs for the League and she is assisting with the development of AstroExpo, the Astronomical League’s national convention. In December of 2001 she was selected as a JPL Solar System Ambassador, she continues to enjoy her role with the Solar System Ambassadors.
Terry has served as President and Vice-President of the Miami Valley Astronomical Society and chaired that organization’s astronomy convention for two years. She served as an advisor to their junior division and received the club’s highest award, the Kepler Award. Terry also received an Award from the Ohio House of Representatives for her dedicated research and study of the Solar System. She has written articles for the Astronomical League’s magazine, the REFLECTOR, local newspapers, and her astrophotography has appeared in local art galleries, newspapers, and TV newscasts. Terry has served as a summer volunteer at the University of Denver’s Mount Evans Observatory in Colorado. As much as she enjoys observing, she has always devoted a large amount of her free time to education and public outreach. She also a frequent guest speaker and has lectured about astronomy at high schools, astronomy clubs and civic groups as well as science centers, State and National Parks. She maintains a backyard observatory that houses a 14-inch telescope and brings classrooms to the observatory to let the students see the universe. Her interest in astronomy has taken her to many places including Australia, Tahiti, Baja, Aruba, Egypt, Alaska and Bolivia. Terry has severed on the Board of Directors at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. She is currently on a committee for the International Year in Astronomy 2009. The International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) will be a global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture. Information about Terry can also be found in the Book “Women of Space: Cool Careers on the Final Frontier” By Laura S. Woodmansee. She is also an advisor for Meade's 4M Community. |
