................................................................. . = T H E M A R T I A N C H R O N I C L E = . . . . The electronic newsletter by the International Mars Patrol, . . an observing program of the . . Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers . . Edited by: J.D. Beish . . June 1991 No.2 . ................................................................. Biography of ALPO Mars Recorder: Jeffrey D. Beish Jeffrey D. Beish is presently employed by the United States Naval Observatory as an Electronic Technician and Radio Telescope Operator. Prior to his appointment to the Naval Observatory, Jeff was employed by Eastern Airlines as a Flight Simulator Technician for more than 16 years, as a Field Engineer and Project Engineer for the Singer/Link Company for 7 years, and as a Flight Simulator Technician for the United States Air Force for 8 years. Beish is the Executive Director for the Institute for Planetary Research Observatories (IPRO), a non-profit foundation, a Senior Mars Recorder for the Association of Lunar and Planetary oserv- ers (ALPO), a Member of the Board of Fellows of the Southern Cross Astronomical Society (SCAS) of Miami, Florida, an invited member of the British Astronomical Association (BAA) and the Oriental Astronomical Association (OAA), Conseiller for the Planet Mars for the Groupement International d'Observateurs De Surfaces Planetaires (GIOSP), served on the Mars Watch '88 Science Advisory Council of The Planetary Society, member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and members of the Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). He has received an Appreciation Plaque from the Kendell Chapter of the Kiwanis (Miami, FL) for lectures on astronomy, the "Men of Achievement Award" from the International Biographical Society, Cambridge, England, Certificate of Appreciation Award from the Southern Cross Astronomical Society's Winter Star Party, and the 1989 Walter H. Haas Award for outstanding contributions to the observational study of Mars. In a world-wide call for proposals by the Hubble Space Telescope Institute his paper finished within the top twenty in competition with thousands of amateur astrono- mers to use the space telescope in the 1990's. Beish has authored and/or co-authored more than 147 scientific papers and articles appearing in the The Strolling Astronomer (Journal of the ALPO), Sky and Telescope Magazine, Astronomy Magazine, Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Journal of the Arbeitskreis Planeten Beobachter of West Germany--Mitteilungen fur Planetenbeobachter, l'Astronomie, International Amateur and Professional Photoelectric Photometry (IAPPP) Communication, Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), The Astronomical Journal, and Icarus. His scientific work is listed as reference a Bulletin of the American Astro nomical Society, in the Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan, a NASA Technical Memoranda, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), Earth, Moon, and Planets, and L'Astronomie. His popular astronomy articles appeared regularly in the science section of the Avia- tion News, an internationally syndicated news paper, for several years. He is an editor for the Martian Chronicle, a news letter for the International Mars Patrol. He was recently invited to present a paper and poster at the Fourth International Conference on Mars in Tucson, Arizona, a meeting of the world's leading Mars researchers. As a result Beish was invited to published a paper "Meteorological Survey of Mars, 1968-1984", in the Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) of the American Geophysical Union and co-author with Leonard J. Martin (Lowell), Philip B. James (U.of Toledo), Audouin Dollfus (Observatoire o f Paris), and Kyosuke Iwasaki (Kwasan Observato- ry), "Telescopic Observations of Mars: Visual, Photographic, and Polarimetric," Chapter 1.4, the Mars Book, published by the University of Arizona Press. Beish has written one book, Mars Observer's Handbook, published by The Planetary Society and the Astronomical League, is the compiler and author of the Physical Ephemeris of Mars in the ALPO Solar System Ephemeris for 1986 - 1992, furnished research and mathematical expertise for a chapter dealing in measuring the Polar Caps of Mars for the book Introduction to Observing and Photographing the Solar System, by Thomas A. Dobbins, Donald C. Parker, and Charles F. Capen. Jeff was the curator for the Charles F. Capen Memorial Library and Archives until he placed it in the care of the Roper Mountain Science Center in Greenville, South Carolina in January 1990. Beish has been an active telescopic observer since 1973 and has been engaged in scientific study of the meteorology of Mars since 1978, cataloging and computerizing Martian bright aerosols and other Martian atmospheric phenomena reported by observers over a period of 25 years. He is also active in the design and fabrica- tion of astronomical telescopes and observatories. He has de- signed and fabricated telescopes from 6-inches to 16-inches, and advised the University of Miami on the design of their 18-inch Cassegrain telescope. In December, 1990, Beish was sent to the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii by Lowell Observatory, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Toledo. There he spent two weeks photographing Mars with a 24-inch Cassegrain reflector for the International Planetary Patrol and collecting spectrum data with an 88-inch Cassegrain for his own research. He is presently working with Leonard Martin of the Planetary Research Center of Lowell Observatory as a participating as- tronomer for the International Planetary Patrol, assisted Lowell/JPL/ University of Washington to establish "The Composite List of Dust Storms on Mars." Beish is a Scientific Collaborator for the Participating Scientific Investigation for the JPL/NASA Mars Observer Program and is member of the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Team for Mars.