Alan Horace Shapley

Alan was my first supervisor at the National Bureau of Standards
when I came to work in physics as a "student trainee" during the
summer of 1948. He suggested a research topic and guided me
through publication of my first research paper. A few years
later, having noticed my interest in astronomy, he arranged for
me to spend a year at Harvard College Observatory where I was
able to do a research project under his illustrious father,
Harlow Shapley.

Thus, he started...

It's very difficult to imagine Boulder without Alan, as it was so difficult to imagine it without Kay. Together as a couple and as individuals they helped define and sustain the community in so many ways -- from science to music to politics. I always welcomed -- though with some anxiety -- Alan's typically probing and challenging and usually wry rejoinder to some political pronouncement. He helped make my life better -- what more can one say in gratitude?

Alan was a rare and kind person...to me as a young woman learning about politics, and civil rights.

I'd like to make a donation to the Boulder Public Library in his memory. Please give me a mail address so I can send you notice.

Marilyn Jorrie [email protected]