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“What could be more fun than a field that you’re beginning to have more information about—but that you don’t really understand?” he said. “It’s only one generation that gets...
Kirshner served as a councilor of the AAS from 1985 to 1988, primarily dealing with financial and business-related issues confronting the society. It was in this role, he said, that he established familiarity with the more practical aspects of running the AAS—knowledge that he says will...
“As president, you’re really the hit person for astronomy,” said Andrea K. Dupree, a senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA) who served as president of the AAS from 1996 to 1998. “You have a...
Reflecting on her experience as AAS president, Indiana’s Pilachowski says that as president of AAS, Kirshner’s voice as an astronomer will be amplified.
Kirshner was selected to be a presidential candidate by the AAS Presidential Appointments Committee, which approached him months ago to ask him if he would consider being a presidential candidate. “The polite thing to do was say yes,” he joked.