Administrative Structure of Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

Board of Governors
Management Committee
Armagh Observatory Director: Prof. M.E. Bailey	Administration Administrator: Mr. J. Copeland	Armagh Planetarium Director: Dr T. Mason

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Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Board of Governors

The Board of Govenors comprises the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh (Chairman), the Dean and Chapter of the Church of Ireland Cathedral of Armagh, 1 DCAL nominee, and up to 3 additional members nominated by the Board of Govenors. Nominees normally serve for an initial period of 5 years with the possibility of extension.

• Chairman: His Grace, The Most Reverend A.E.T Harper
  The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland

• The Very Reverend Dean P.W. Rooke

• The Very Reverend Dean G. Dunstan

• The Reverend Canon T. Scott

• The Reverend Canon C.F. Moore

• The Reverend Canon J.W. McKegney

• The Venerable R.G. Hoey

• The Reverend Canon W.J.A. Dawson

• The Reverend Canon R.J.N. Porteus

• The Reverend Canon J.N.T. Campbell

• The Reverend Canon W.M. Adair

• Mr W.G. Berry QC
  (DCAL Nominee)

• To be appointed
  Queens University, Belfast
  (QUB Nominee)

• Lord Ballyedmond
  Ballyedmond Castle, Rostrevor
  (Board of Governors Nominee)

• Dr Rene Oudmaijer
  University of Leeds
  (Board of Governors Nominee)

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Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Management Committee

The Management Committee comprises the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh or his nominee (Chairman), 3 nominees from the Board of Governors, 4 DCAL nominees, 1 QUB nominee, 1 STFC nominee, 1 DIAS nominee, and up to 4 additional members co-opted by the Board of Govenors. Nominees and those co-opted by the Governors normally serve for an initial period of 3-5 years with the possibility of extension.

• Chairman His Grace, The Most Reverend A.E.T. Harper
  The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland

• Deputy Chairman: Professor A. Hibbert
  Queens University Belfast
  (Co-opted, Board of Governors)

• The Venerable Archdeacon R.G. Hoey
  (Board of Governors Nominee)

• Dr Rene Oudmaijer
  University of Leeds
  (Board of Governors Nominee)

• Mr E.P. Donnelly
  (DCAL Nominee)

• Dr Michael McKay,
  European Space Agency
  (DCAL Nominee)

• Mr A. Peoples
  (DCAL Nominee)

• Mr J.I. Shields
  (DCAL Nominee)

• Mr R.B.Hannam
  (DCAL Nominee)

• Mrs P. Wilson
  (DCAL Nominee)

• To be appointed
  Queens University Belfast
  (QUB Nominee)

• Professor M. Merrifield
  University of Nottingham
  (STFC Nominee)

• Professor M.R. Merrifield
  University of Nottingham
  (STFC Nominee)

• Professor T. Ray
  Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
  (DIAS Nominee)

DCAL Contact Information

Contacting the Observatory

Last Revised: 2012 February 10th