Professor Clyde Tombaugh
Astronomy Department
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003
Dear Professor Tombaugh:
It is with great pleasure
that I
University of Kansas to return
to youi
for a visit to campus and a public lee
Shawl has approached you about
this pc
colleagues in the Department oi
E Physic
you return to campus during th:
Ls gold*
of the planet Pluto. It would
give us
and to join with your professional co]
:end to you the invitation of the
.ma mater during the fall semester
:e. I know that Professor Stephen
.bility, and that he and his
ire greatly interested in having
inniversary year of your discovery
[eat pleasure to have you with us
igues throughout the world in
paying tribute to your important work in astronomy.
As part of your visit, we would very much like to name the University
of Kansas Observatory in your honor. We hope that you will agree to allow
this. It would enable us to focus public attention on your visit and
would be a fitting tribute to your work.
I understand that the week of October 20 might be acceptable to your
schedule. You might also consider the preceding week, since Saturday,
October 18 is our annual Homecoming celebration. If you were here at the
end of that week, your lecture could be scheduled at a time when many of
our alumni would be present, and the dedication of the Observatory could
also be scheduled at that time. It would be a pleasure to have you with
us as our special guest for Homecoming this year. We would be pleased to
reimburse you for your travel expenses and to provide lodging for you
during your stay on campus, and would as well offer an honorarium for your
public lecture.
Lectures and lecturing; University of Kansas. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Date Original
1980-08-29
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Collection
NMSU Department of Astronomy: Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers
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Professor Clyde Tombaugh
Astronomy Department
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003
Dear Professor Tombaugh:
It is with great pleasure
that I
University of Kansas to return
to youi
for a visit to campus and a public lee
Shawl has approached you about
this pc
colleagues in the Department oi
E Physic
you return to campus during th:
Ls gold*
of the planet Pluto. It would
give us
and to join with your professional co]
:end to you the invitation of the
.ma mater during the fall semester
:e. I know that Professor Stephen
.bility, and that he and his
ire greatly interested in having
inniversary year of your discovery
[eat pleasure to have you with us
igues throughout the world in
paying tribute to your important work in astronomy.
As part of your visit, we would very much like to name the University
of Kansas Observatory in your honor. We hope that you will agree to allow
this. It would enable us to focus public attention on your visit and
would be a fitting tribute to your work.
I understand that the week of October 20 might be acceptable to your
schedule. You might also consider the preceding week, since Saturday,
October 18 is our annual Homecoming celebration. If you were here at the
end of that week, your lecture could be scheduled at a time when many of
our alumni would be present, and the dedication of the Observatory could
also be scheduled at that time. It would be a pleasure to have you with
us as our special guest for Homecoming this year. We would be pleased to
reimburse you for your travel expenses and to provide lodging for you
during your stay on campus, and would as well offer an honorarium for your
public lecture.
