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Dr. SETI, as H. Paul Shuch is known to his intimates, is something of a cross
between Carl Sagan and Tom Lehrer (he sings like Sagan and lectures like
Lehrer). The aerospace engineer credited with the design of the world's first
commercial home satellite TV receiver now directs his microwave interests
toward the search for life in space. Dr. Shuch received his Ph.D. in
Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to serving
the nonprofit SETI League as its Executive Director Emeritus, he served as a
professor of Engineering, Physics, and Astronomy on various campuses for a
total of 34 years. Within the New Warrior movement, Paul's teaching background
earned him the name "Patient Owl."
An Extra-class radio amateur first licensed in 1961, N6TX has been operational
in 20 different ham bands between 1.8 MHz and 24 GHz. Paul has chaired the
VHF/UHF Advisory Committee of the American Radio Relay League, and served as
Technical Director and Board Chairman of Project OSCAR, Inc., predecessor to
AMSAT. He serves as Director of Education for AMSAT, on the Board of The SETI
League, as Vice President of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers, has
served as a Director of the Central States VHF Society, and is former Executive
Committee member and Membership Officer for Central PA Mensa. Paul was Banquet
Speaker at the 1996 Dayton Hamvention, and appears frequently at various ham
club and ARRL regional and national conventions.
Paul is the author of more than 500 publications, including the hypertext book
"Tune In The Universe!" (ARRL, ISBN 0-87259-854-3, 2001). His honors
include the Dayton Hamvention Technical Excellence Award, an ARRL Technical
Achievement Award, the National Space Club's Dr. Robert H. Goddard Scholarship,
a Hertz Foundation Fellowship in the Applied Physical Sciences, the Hertz
Doctoral Thesis Prize, a QST cover plaque, and the Central States VHF Society's
John T. Chambers Memorial Award. He is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary
Society, the Radio Club of America, and the European Radio Astronomy Club; a
Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics and co-chair of its
SETI Permanent Study Group; and webmaster for the SETI League, SARA, Invitation
to ETI, and IAA SETI websites. Paul is a Life Member of ARRL, AMSAT, Central
States VHF Society, Society of Wild Weasels, and Mensa. He serves as a
fellowship interviewer for the Hertz Foundation, a manuscript reviewer for
several peer reviewed journals, has been an advisor to the National Science
Foundation, and is a military program evaluator for the American Council on
Education.
Born in 1946 (among the first of the Baby Boomers), Paul lives on a radio-quiet
hilltop just north of Williamsport PA with his biologist wife, Muriel Hykes,
and two of their seven recombinant DNA experiments. For ten years, he air
commuted the 200 miles to The SETI League's New Jersey office in his
much-modified 1970 Beechcraft A24-R Sierra. Recognizing that the most dangerous
part of flying is the drive to the airport, Paul tempts fate by riding there on
his trophy-winning 1989 Honda PC-800 Pacific Coast motorcycle. A Vietnam-era
Air Force veteran and active instrument flight instructor, Paul serves as an
FAA Safety Team Member, has been an Airport Commissioner, was once voted Flight
Instructor of the Year by his FAA district office, and is part owner of the
Frazier Lake Airpark, Hollister CA. He designed the patented BiDCAS aircraft
anti-collision radar, which won the Experimental Aircraft Association's Safety
Achievement Award. His most recent patent is for "Adaptive Microwave
Antenna," technology being used in the latest radio telescope arrays.
Prof. Shuch is listed in a whole bunch of Who's Who publications. His academic
portfolio appears online at http://shuch.net .
Rev: N6TX - Sun 27 Jul 2008
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