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 ING Annual Report 1998


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Appendix C

Staff Organisation
 

During 1998, the staffing position at the ING was a little more stable after the significant turnover that had occurred during 1997. However, there was a significant change in the management team through a mixture of new arrivals and internal promotions.

For 1998, the telescope managers were: for the WHT, Dr C R Benn;  for the INT, Dr N A Walton; and for the JKT, Dr J H Telting.

The financial year 1998/99 saw a further reduction in the level of UK staff effort for La Palma operations from 36.6 of the previous year (29.6 staff on-island and 7 staff at the RGO) to 29.6 (27.6 on island and 2 in Cambridge). The total approved staff effort for the Netherlands was 6.9 on-island and 1 in Cambridge.

For many years the La Palma Support Group of the Royal Greenwich Observatory's Astronomy Division had provided astronomical support for the ING. Latterly, the Support Group had been headed by Dr Bill Martin who sadly died during December 1998. He will be missed by his many friends from the Royal Observatories and the astronomy community as a whole.

The list of staff in post on La Palma during 1998 is set out below.
 

MANAGEMENT

R G M Rutten, Director
R L Miles, Bilingual Secretary

ADMINISTRATION

M Acosta
E C Barreto
L I Edwins, Head of Administration
A Felipe
S S Hunter
M Lorenzo
J Martínez
H J Watt (from 19/10/98)

ASTRONOMY

M W Asif (to 8/10/98)
M Azzaro
C R Benn
M Broxterman
J N González
D Lennon (from 1/07/98), Head of Astronomy
C Martín
J Méndez
C Moreno (to 18/12/98)
N O'Mahony
C Packham
D Pollacco
J C Rey
S J Smartt
P Sorensen
J Telting
N A Walton

Students:

J Abbott (from 1/9/98), University of Hertfordshire
A Humphrey (from 1/9/98), University of Hertfordshire

ENGINEERING

R G Talbot, Head of Engineering

Engineering Groups:

Computing Facilities

D-C Abrams (from 9/10/98)
V Borraz (to 23/1/98)
L Hernández (from 16/03/98)
N R Johnson (from 1/1/98)
G F Mitchell
P G Symonds
P v d Velde

Control Software

D Armstrong (from 2/2/98)
M Bec (from 16/2/98)
S M Crosby
P M Fishwick (to 31/7/98)
F Gribbin
P C T Rees (to 17/2/98)
S G Rees

Electronics

C Benneker
S J Crump (to 30/6/98)
T Gregory
A Guillén
C Jackman
K Kolle
R Martínez
E J Mills
P Moore
R J Pit
A Ridings
G Woodhouse

Mechanical Engineering

F Concepción
K M Dee
K Froggatt (from 1/11/98)
P Jolley (from 1/11/98)
P S Morrall
S Rodríguez
J C Pérez
M van der Hoeven (from 1/12/98)
B van Venrooy
E Villani (from 26/10/98)

Site Services

C Alvarez
A K Chopping
J R Concepción
J M Díaz
D Gray
M V Hernández
A C Osborne (to 30/9/98)
C Ramón
C Riverol
M Simpson
 




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