GLPA Executive Committee
Management of GLPA is vested in the Executive Committee consisting of the 5 officers (President, President-Elect, Past-President, Secretary/Treasurer, and International Planetarium Society Representative) and 6 chairs of the standing committees (Membership, Development, Publications, Education, Instructional Materials, and Conference Planning). The officers are elected every other year at the annual meeting, and start their term on the following Vernal Equinox. The Chairs of the Standing Committees are appointed by the President.
![]() President Dave Leake William M. Staerkel Planetarium Parkland College 2400 West Bradley Avenue Champaign, IL 61821-1806 (217) 351-2567 dleake@parkland.edu
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![]() President-Elect Garry Beckstrom Delta College Planetarium 100 Center Avenue Bay City MI 48708 (989) 667-2270 garrybeckstrom@delta.edu
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![]() Secretary-Treasurer John S. French Abrams Planetarium Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 355-4676 frenchj@msu.edu |
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![]() Past-President John A. Schroer
6935 Inkster Road
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301
(248) 538-1514
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![]() Membership Chair John Potts 40630 Tamarack #102 Canton, MI 48188 (734) 678-3226 jjpotts42@gmail.com |
![]() Publications Chair Bart Benjamin Cernan Earth and Space Center Triton College 2000 Fifth Avenue River Grove, IL 60171 (708) 456-0300, Ext. 3408 Fax 583-3153 bbenjami@triton.edu |
![]() Education Chair
Susan C. Batson
North Hills High School
53 Rochester Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15229
(412) 318-1000, Ext. 3166
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![]() Development Chair Robert J. Bonadurer Daniel M. Soref Planetarium Milwaukee Public Museum 800 West Wells St Milwaukee, WI 53233 (414) 278-6985 bonadurer@mpm.edu |
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![]() Proceedings Editor Dale W. Smith Physics & Astronomy Dept. Bowling Green State Univ. Bowling Green, OH 43403 (419) 372-8666 Fax 372-9938 dsmith@newton.bgsu.edu |












