Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope
https://www.nso.edu/telescopes/legacy-telescopes-2/
The Dunn Solar Telescope is a unique vertical-axis solar telescope, in Sunspot, New Mexico located at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico. It is the main telescope at the Sunspot Solar Observatory, operated by New Mexico State University in partnership with the National Solar Observatory through funding by the National Science Foundation,[1] the state of New Mexico
[and private funds from other partners]
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Dr. Richard B. Dunn, astronomer emeritus at the National Solar Observatory, died of a heart attack on September 29, 2005.
Dick's parents were Dr. Halbert L. Dunn and Katherine Brandner. Halbert (MD, Ph.D., F.A.P.H.A.) was an physician who became Chief of the National Office of Vital Statistics, Public Health Service. He published a paper "High Level Wellness for Man and Society" that became the founding paper of the field of wellness health care.
Dick's career was dedicated to obtaining solar observations of the highest possible spatial resolution, having unparalleled quality that would reveal the underlying physics. Only by studying the small magnetic structures near the surface, he thought, could we understand such phenomena as the solar flares that periodically disturb the Earth. Many of his instruments were designed with this aim in mind and he was proven correct in the end.
Dick gained an international reputation for his design expertise and his willingness to help other astronomers. His advice and direct help were eagerly sought, and freely given. One can hardly visit any solar observatory in the world without hearing,"Yes, that was a Dick Dunn design."
Dick died in his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after a long fight with Parkinson disease. Dick is survived by his wife of 55 years,
[Alice] Dunn.
Alice was very involved in music and had a beautiful voice.
She did [Russian]
translations, worked with the blind (which got Dick interested in developing the translator and printer mentioned below, and remains highly involved in the music scene in Las Cruces.
Another of Dick's major projects was the design of a U.S. Air Force network of solar telescopes. These five identical systems were deployed around the world to give continuous monitoring of solar activity.