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SETI Symposium

August 7, 2004 Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts
SETI Symposium was held at the Science Center at Harvard University
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The father of the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Frank Drake with Skyscrapers members From left to right: Josh Cohen, Scott Tracy, Frank Drake, Dan Lorraine, and Rick Lynch FRANK DRAKE Dr. Frank Drake serves on the Board of Trustees of the SETI Institute, where he is also the Chairman Emeritus. In 1960, as a staff member of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, he conducted the first radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences where he chaired the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the National Research Council (1989-92). Frank also served as President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He was a Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University (1964-84) and served as the Director of the Arecibo Observatory. He is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California at Santa Cruz where he also served as Dean of Natural Sciences (1984-88). In his spare time Frank enjoys cutting gem stones and growing orchids.
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From left to right: Paul Horowitz, Geoff Marcy, Frank Drake, and Tom McDonough
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SETI Symposium, August 7, 2004
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Kent Cullers, SETI researcher Kent has been blind since birth and was the inspiration for the blind SETI researcher in the movie Contact written by Carl Sagan
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Kent Culler
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WOODRUFF
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Rick Lynch having a disucssion with Frank Drake during one of the breaks
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Haravrd University The Center for Astrophysics which is down the road from where the conference was held
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SETI Symposium, August 7, 2004
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SETI Symposium, August 7, 2004
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