SETI League Press Release
LITTLE FERRY, NJ.., May, 2000 -- The Dayton Amateur Radio Association, which hosts the world's largest ham radio gathering, has honored Dr. H. Paul Shuch with its annual Technical Excellence Award, in recognition of his many years of teaching and leadership in microwave and space communications. Shuch, who holds amateur radio callsign N6TX, has served since its inception as executive director of the membership-supported SETI League, Inc., grass-roots leaders in a privatized Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. The award will be presented on Saturday night, May 20, 2000, as part of the Dayton Hamvention Banquet at the Nuter Center, Dayton OH. Details are available on the web at http://www.hamvention.org.
Dr. Shuch is credited with designing the world's first commercial home satellite TV receiver, developed early weather satellite receivers, and holds patents for aircraft radar systems. An Extra-class radio amateur first licensed in 1961, N6TX has been operational in all twenty ham bands between 1.8 MHz and 24 GHz, and is now operating radio telescopes at 1.42 and 14 GHz. Paul has chaired the VHF/UHF Advisory Committee of the American Radio Relay League, and served as Technical Director and Board Chairman of Project OSCAR, Inc., designers of the world's first non-Government communications satellites. He has served as a Director of the Central States VHF Society, and was Banquet Speaker at the 1996 Dayton Hamvention.
Paul was a college professor for 24 years, and is the author of more than 250 publications. His past honors include the National Space Club's Dr. Robert H. Goddard Scholarship, a Hertz Foundation Fellowship in the Applied Physical Sciences, the Hertz Doctoral Thesis Prize, the Central States VHF Society's John T. Chambers Memorial Award, and a Technical Achievement Award from the American Radio Relay League. Dr. Shuch is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, serves as a fellowship interviewer for the Hertz Foundation, is a manuscript reviewer for several peer reviewed journals, has been an advisor to the National Science Foundation, and is a military program evaluator for the American Council on Education.
SETI scientists seek to determine through microwave and optical measurements whether humankind is alone in the universe. Since Congress terminated NASA's SETI funding in 1993, The SETI League and other scientific groups have been attempting to privatize the research. Experimenters interested in participating in the search for intelligent alien life, or citizens wishing to help support it, should email to join_at_setileague_dot_org, check the SETI League Web site at http://www.setileague.org/, send a fax to +1 (201) 641-1771, or contact The SETI League, Inc. membership hotline at +1 (800) TAU-SETI. Be sure to provide us with a postal address to which we will mail further information. The SETI League, Inc. is a membership-supported, non-profit [501(c)(3)], educational and scientific corporation dedicated to the electromagnetic Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.
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