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Eileen Friel, Lowell Observatory director, named AAAS Fellow

December 18th, 2009

Eileen Friel, Lowell Observatory Director, was selected as one of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows. The citation reads:

"Eileen D. Friel, Lowell Observatory: For distinguished service to the astronomical community as Executive Officer of the Astronomical Section at the National Science Foundation (NSF), and for diligently mentoring many young scientists in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program."

Eileen Friel joined Lowell on June 22, 2009 as the Observatory's 10th Director. Her scientific interests are primarily in galactic evolution, in particular using star clusters as chemical and dynamical probes in the Milky Way and local group galaxies, in issues of stellar populations and stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis.

Eileen Friel earned a B.S., in Physics, William and Mary and a Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Univ. of California at Santa Cruz.

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