Organizations Filed Purposes:
LOWELL'S MISSION IS TO PURSUE THE STUDY OF ASTRONOMY, ESPECIALLY THE STUDY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND ITS EVOLUTION; CONDUCT PURE RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA; PROVIDE QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO BRING THE RESULTS OF ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC.
LOWELL'S MISSION IS TO PURSUE THE STUDY OF ASTRONOMY
CONTINUING A 125-YEAR-LONG LEGACY OF ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY, LOWELL OBSERVATORY ASTRONOMERS CONDUCTED FOREFRONT RESEARCH IN ALL AREAS OF ASTRONOMY, INCLUDING STUDIES OF THE SUN, SOLAR SYSTEM, STARS, EXOPLANETS, GALAXIES, AND COSMOLOGY. IN 2019, LOWELL ASTRONOMERS PUBLISHED MORE THAN 72 PAPERS IN LEADING SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, PARTICIPATED REGULARLY IN MAJOR SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS, USED MAJOR TELESCOPES AROUND THE WORLD AND IN SPACE, AND WERE ACTIVE IN PUBLIC OUTREACH. LOWELL ASTRONOMERS CONTINUE TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT OBTAINING GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR RESEARCH FROM NASA, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, AND OTHER AGENCIES. THE 4.3-METER LOWELL DISCOVERY TELESCOPE (LDT) DELIVERED 300 SCIENCE NIGHTS IN 2019 TO ASTRONOMERS FROM OUR OWN STAFF AND FROM OUR PARTNER INSTITUTIONS (CURRENT PARTNERS ARE BOSTON UNIVERSITY, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO, AND YALE UNIVERSITY). LDT'S GROWING SUITE OF STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTRUMENTS, SUCH AS THE WORLD-LEADING INFRARED SPECTROGRAPH IGRINS AND THE NEW HIGH-PRECISION SPECTROGRAPH EXPRES, ENABLED CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH ACROSS MULTIPLE FIELDS, INCLUDING THE SEARCH FOR EXOPLANETS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE US NAVAL OBSERVATORY AND THE NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, LOWELL HAS BEGUN A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR UPGRADE OF THE NAVAL PRECISION OPTICAL INTERFEROMETER (NPOI) THAT WILL ADD THREE ONE-METER TELESCOPES TO THE EXISTING ARRAY, GREATLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBSERVABLE FROM THAT SITE. LOWELL OBSERVATORY ALSO CONTINUED TO OPERATE OTHER SMALLER TELESCOPES AT ITS ANDERSON MESA SITE, INCLUDING THE HIGHLY SCIENTIFICALLY PRODUCTIVE 42 AND 31" TELESCOPES. ACCESS TO LOCAL TELESCOPES EQUIPPED WITH WORLD-CLASS INSTRUMENTS HAS ENABLED SCIENCE THAT COULD NOT BE DONE ELSEWHERE. IN ADDITION, THE OBSERVATORY IS UNDERTAKING A DRAMATIC EXPANSION OF ITS MAIN CAMPUS ON MARS HILL, INCLUDING NEW EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FACILITIES, ALONG WITH A NEW TECHNICAL SERVICES BUILDING THAT WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE SCIENTIFIC CAPABILITIES OF ITS SUITE OF TELESCOPES.
THE YEAR 2019 MARKED THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF LOWELL OBSERVATORY, WHOSE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS WELCOMED MORE THAN 100,000 GUESTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. GUESTS ENJOYED HISTORICAL TOURS OF THE CAMPUS AND SOLAR VIEWING DURING THE DAY AND WERE AWED BY ASTRONOMY-THEMED PRESENTATIONS AND TELESCOPE VIEWING DURING THE EVENING. THE GIOVALE OPEN DECK OBSERVATORY, A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART PUBLIC OBSERVING PLAZA EQUIPPED WITH SIX ADVANCED TELESCOPES, OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2019. SOME 1,800 VISITORS PARTICIPATED IN THE FESTIVITIES THAT DAY, SETTING THE RECORD FOR ONE-DAY ATTENDANCE. THE OBSERVATORY ALSO HOSTED SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE EVENTS RELATED TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO MOON LANDING AS PART OF FLAGSTAFF'S LUNAR LEGACY CAMPAIGN, WHICH GARNERED MULTIPLE AWARDS. LOWELL OBSERVATORY CAMPS FOR KIDS (LOCKS) PROGRAMS WERE OFFERED TO CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT BOTH ON- AND OFF-SITE LOCATIONS. THESE PROGRAMS, FEATURING HANDS-ON ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS EXERCISES AND EXPLORATIONS, ARE DESIGNED TO ILLUMINATE THE INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN STEM SUBJECT AREAS AND FOSTER THE ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY. ON-SITE, ATTENDANCE REACHED RECORD LEVELS FOR BOTH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPS. OFF-SITE, A RECORD NUMBER OF CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN LOCKS PROGRAMS AT THE FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER, AND ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS IN CAVE CREEK, ARIZONA, ADOPTED THE LOCKS - PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM. LOWELL ASTRONOMERS AND EDUCATORS VISITED SEVERAL NATIVE AMERICAN CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO LEAD ASTRONOMY LESSONS AND HOST STAR PARTIES AS PART OF THE OBSERVATORY'S LONG-RUNNING NATIVE AMERICAN ASTRONOMY OUTREACH PROGRAM.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Hall Jeffrey C | DIRECTOR | 40 | $186,611 |
| Massey Philip | ASTRONOMER | 40 | $155,163 |
| Schleicher David | ASTRONOMER | 40 | $151,552 |
| West Michael | DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SCIENCE | 40 | $150,949 |
| Actor Anne T | DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT | 38 | $147,724 |
| Hunter Deidre | ASTRONOMER | 40 | $146,279 |
| Labruzzo Anne | DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATION | 36 | $139,113 |
| Putnam W Lowell | TRUSTEE - SOLE | 30 | $71 |
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