Jennifer West (b. 1979) earned her PhD in Astronomy at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg
and joined the Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto in 2016. She received the Dark Sky
Defender Award from the International Dark Sky Association in 2011 and the RASC's Ken Chilton
Prize in 2010 for her contributions to astronomy education and outreach.

Linda (née Robins) Pulliah (1956-2022) worked as a nurse and was an outreach volunteer with
the RASC Sudbury Centre. She created a sense of wonder under starry skies in Northern Ontario’s
parks for all ages and excelled in explaining complex science with analogies and engaging
activities. She inspired colleagues locally and nationally to promote astronomy.

B. Ralph Chou (b. 1951) is Professor of optometry at the University of Waterloo and an authority
on solar-eclipse eye safety. In over 50 years as an RASC volunteer, he served three terms as
President of the RASC Toronto Centre, and as National Treasurer, Editor of the National Newsletter,
Assistant Editor of the Journal of the RASC and a Member of National Council.

Ronald Haughey (b. 1962) is a Canadian amateur astronomer and member of the RASC Regina
Centre. He has supported the Regina Centre for decades and is a big believer in public education.
Ron has spent countless hours running the Kalium Observatory in Regina, Saskatchewan, providing
thousands of people their first glimpses of the universe.

Chris Teron (b.1957) is a Canadian architect and amateur astronomer. He is RASC Ottawa’s long-serving Secretary and technical support person, and is active in public astronomy outreach. Chris was a director and facility designer for the Centre’s 2001 millennium SmartScope project, and offered key technical support to the 2006 and 2017 RASC General Assemblies. His awards include the RASC Ottawa Service Award (2007) and President’s Award (2018), and the RASC National Service Award (2016).

Edward Michael Mizzi (born 1953) is a retired secondary school teacher and amateur astronomer who served as
President of RASC Hamilton Centre (2017-2018), administered the club's equipment loan program and
developed an introductory course called NOVA. Mizzi has also contributed to public outreach in
Ontario, including neighborhood events, at a children's camp known as Camp Tanamakoon in Algonquin Park, since 2009, at libraries, through online sessions and school classes.

Morrie Portnoff (born 1957) was President (2014-2020) of the RASC Montreal Centre. He led the
revitalization of the Centre's activities and resources with the renewal of its partnership with John
Abbott College. This included a relocation of the I.K.Williamson Library club library, the refitting of the Bellevue
Observatory, and the RASC Montreal Centre Centennial celebrations in 2018.

Damien Lemay (b.1943) is a telecommunications engineer who earned an undergraduate degree in physics from Université Laval. An observer from the young age of 11 he has made a wide range of observations from the stars of the Norton Star Atlas to the 1975 Nova Cygni. He has made a photographic atlas of the northern sky with a 0.14m Schmidt camera composed of a total of 1182 photos. He was a founding member of Club d'Astronomie de Rimouski where he organises multiple annual meetings of Canada's astronomy federations. He was the french editor of the RASC's National Newsletter starting in 1977.

Garrett (Garry) Dymond (b.1956) is an amateur astronomer with RASC St. John's Centre in
Newfoundland. Garry served many years as St. John's Centre President, Vice President and Co-Editor of the club's Newsletter. He won an RASC Service Award in 1994. He earned a Bachelor of Environmental
Studies degree from the University of Waterloo, served on Canada's Meteorite and Impacts

Raphael Hotter (b. 1999) was awarded second place in the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics and astronomy project. He attended the Marianopolis College, Westmount, Quebec, Canada.

Orbit type: Main Belt
Ref: WGSBN Bulletin Vol.2 # 14 p. 6