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To whom it may concern I have been following André Heck since his years as student at the University of Liège (Belgium) and I have always been impressed by the quality of his achievements and by the variety of his scientific production. Heck was first researcher at the Liège Institute of Astrophysics before becoming in 1977 one of the founding members of the observatory set up in Spain by the European Space Agency (ESA) to exploit the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite. He served as Deputy and Acting IUE Observatory Director from 1981 to 1983. Heck took up a position at Strasbourg Observatory in 1983 where he served as Director from 1988 to 1990. Over his career, Heck moved successfully from field to field, both in observational and theoretical astronomy. He became a skilled observer with Schmidt telescopes (discovering a comet in 1973), spent innumerable nights carrying out photometric measurements (mainly in Chile) and pioneered new techniques of UV spectroscopy while being in charge of scientific operations on the IUE spacecraft (leading to a substantial increase of the satellite’s useful life). Beyond exploiting his own observations of quite a variety of astrophysical objects (for instance publishing an extremely useful atlas of ultraviolet spectra), Heck developed methodologies of various kinds: statistical parallaxes (galactic distance scale), multivariate data analysis (relationships between photometric and spectroscopic data), and more generally information handling and mining techniques applied to the large amounts of data collected by modern instruments and made available today via “virtual observatories”. Heck played a key role in getting Strasbourg astronomical Data Center (CDS) recognized as a world centre of excellence. He was also instrumental in catalyzing materializations and collaborations in the field of electronic publishing for astronomy. Heck has organized numerous international conferences and has been himself an invited speaker at many meetings round the world. He is a prolific author, an editor of reference books and an active science communicator. He is the recipient of several prizes, such as the Mailly one (development of original methods in stellar photometry) and the Stroobant one (his important and pioneering publications on astronomy-related organizations). Sincerely, Léo Houziaux May 29, 2010. Prof. Léo Houziaux Permanent Secretary Belgian Royal Academy Palais des Académies B-1000 Brussels, Belgium leo.houziaux@ulg.ac.be
To whom it may concern: Among astronomy librarians, Prof. Andre Heck is well-known and highly respected as an astronomer who tirelessly works in favor of combining all aspects of astronomy by bringing together scientists, information providers, librarians, publishers, computer scientists, database experts as well as historians and media experts. I first met Prof. Heck in the context of the conference Astronomy from Large Databases II which took place in Haguenau, France, in 1992. Prof. Heck was the main organizer as well as the first editor of the conference proceedings. At that time, I was still relatively new to the field of astronomy, and this conference provided an excellent overview of the systems and technologies applied in astronomy, which typically were and still are ahead of other subject areas. For me, the Haguenau conference became a symbol of Prof. Heck’s work and approach towards astronomy: always looking at the large picture by including as many viewpoints as possible. Naturally, this included also librarians who often were not represented at astronomers’ conferences. The Haguenau conference was the beginning of a long and fruitful collaboration with Prof. Heck. Astronomy from Large Databases is just one example of the many conferences Prof. Heck has been actively involved in throughout his career. He has been and still is remarkably creative and efficient regarding organizing international meetings of representatives from various fields of expertise, like the Future Professional Communication in Astronomy II (FPCA-II) conference that took place recently at the University of Harvard. Besides the numerous conferences organized by himself, he also has been a valued invited speaker at other meetings, for instance the series of LISA (Library and Information Services in Astronomy) conferences which are the most important meetings in the field of astronomy libraries. In the mid-1990ies, an increasing number of web sites became available through the internet, but tools were lacking to trace and retrieve specific information. At that time, Prof. Heck started to publish a series of directories commonly known as the Star*s Family, among them StarGuides Plus, a world-wide directory of organizations in astronomy, and StarBriefs Plus, a dictionary of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols in astronomy. These directories soon became “must-haves” in astronomy libraries as they constituted essential reference tools in librarians’ day-to-day work. In his work as book editor, it is essential for Prof. Heck to explain latest tools and cutting-edge technology; however, he pays equal attention to historic developments and the large-scale context in order to be able to evaluate recent developments. This approach is well illustrated in the Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy (OSA) book series. Between 2000 and 2006, Prof. Heck has edited seven OSA volumes in which a wide range of authors elaborate on topics such as history, characteristics and strategies of organizations in astronomy; professional communication and interactions among astronomers as well as with other scientific communities and the general public; and the sociological evolution of astronomy at large. Each of these volumes has become a milestone as it describes how astronomy and the professions involved in its study work, interact, and evolve. I am happy and proud to have been involved in some of Prof. Heck’s past endeavors, and look forward to many more years of collaboration in the context of conferences and book projects. May 2010. Uta Grothkopf ESO Head Librarian European Southern Observatory Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2 D-85748 Garching, Germany esolib@eso.org
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