International Planetarium Society History

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The International Planetarium Society's Historian/Photo Archivist is:
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Past Presidents of the IPS...

• 1971 - 1972 Paul Engle (deceased)
• 1973 - 1974 Sig Wieser
• 1975 - 1976 Tom Gates
• 1977 - 1978 Don Hall
• 1979 - 1980 Jim Hooks
• 1981 - 1982 Bill Peters
• 1983 - 1984 Jeanne Bishop
• 1985 - 1986 Alan Friedman
• 1987 - 1988 Von Del Chamberlain
• 1989 - 1990 Terence Murtagh or, e-mail #2
• 1991 - 1992 John Pogue
• 1993 - 1994 Bill Gutsch
• 1995 - 1996 Jim Manning
• 1997 - 1998 Thomas Kraupe
• 1999 - 2000 Dale Smith
• 2001 - 2002 Martin Ratcliffe
• 2003 - 2004 Jon Elvert
• 2005 - 2006 Martin George
• 2007 - 2008 Susan Reynolds Button

IPS Fellows and Service Awardees

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IPS Conferences from inception to present...

• 1970 October 21-23 Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
• 1972 November 12-18 Minolta Planetarium, DeAnza & Foothill Colleges, Cupertino, California, USA
• 1974 October 7-12 Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• 1976 August 6-12 Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
• 1978 August 6-10 Einstein Planetarium, National Air & Space Museum, Washington D.C., USA
• 1980 August 17-20 Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• 1982 July 26-30 H.R. MacMillan Planetarium, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
• 1984 July 1-5 Alfa Cultural Center, Monterrey, MEXICO
• 1986 June 29-July 4 Grace H. Flandrau Planetarium, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
• 1988 June 29-July 3 Ethyl Universe Planetarium, Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA
• 1990 July 15-19 Dalarnas Museum, Galaxen Conference Center, Borlänge, SWEDEN
• 1992 June 24-28 Hansen Planetarium, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• 1994 July 10-16 Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Brevard Community College, Cocoa, Florida, USA
• 1996 July 13-19 Science Museum of Osaka, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, JAPAN
• 1998 June 28-July 2 London Planetarium, London, ENGLAND, U.K.
• 2000 July 9-13 Planétarium de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, CANADA
• 2002 July 28 to August 1 Exploration Place, Wichita, Kansas
• 2004 July 4-8 L'Hemispheric, Valencia, Spain. Images from IPS 2004 in Valencia: http://www.planetarium.cz/akce/Valencia2004/ (Jan Sifner)
• 2006 July 24-27 "Under the Southern Skies", XVIII International Planetarium Society Conference, Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne, Australia. http://www.ips2006.com
• 2008 June 27 to July 2 Adler Planetarium in Chicago IL, USA. Conference website - http://ips2008.org/

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Selected historical articles from the "Planetarian," the journal of the International Planetarium Society...

"A Fifty Year Anniversary of a Two Thousand Year Dream [History of The Planetarium]"
by Mark Chartrand (April 1973)

"Armand Spitz -- Seller of Stars"
by Brent P. Abbatantuono (March 1995)

For additional journal articles and reprint policies, see the "Planetarian" web site.

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