Name: Douglas Tybor Durig
Address: SPO ****
Sewanee, TN 37383
Phone: Business: 931-***-****
e-mail ******@*******.***
Date and Place of Birth: April 29, 1961 -- Boston, Massachusetts
Collegiate Training: Degree Year Major Minor
University of Virginia 1979, 80 Chem./Physics/Math
University of South Carolina B.S. 1983 Chemistry Math
University of South Carolina Ph.D. 1987 Chemistry Physics
Academic Experience:
1987 - 1996 Assistant Professor
1996 - present Associate Professor
Chemistry Department (Quantitative Analysis, Special Topics in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry : Group Theory, Special Topics in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry : Chemistry of the Elements, Thermodynamics and Kinetics, General Chemistry, General Chemistry Laboratory, Environmental Chemistry Laboratory)
Physics Department (Introductory Astronomy, Survey of Astronomy, Advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophotography, Introductory Physics Laboratory, Optics, Thermodynamics), The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
Jan. 1994-Dec. 31, 2000 Visiting Associate Professor, UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri (on sabbatical leave from Sewanee, Jan. 1994 - Aug. 1994).
Spring 1994 Computer Applications in Chemistry (Scientific FORTRAN programming), UMKC
Summer 1994-2000 Instructor, UMKC High School Science, Mathematics and Technology Institute ( HSSMTI )
May 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Survey of Astronomy, Program for Adult Continuing Education, UMKC
Summer 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 The Nature of Science, Program for Adult Continuing Education, UMKC
Fall 1999 Special Topics in Earth and Space Science: Aquatic Environmental Chemistry and Planetary Geology (with associated independent study lab course), Program for Adult Continuing Education, UMKC ( taught over the Internet )
Fall 2000 Special Topics in Physical Science: Cosmology, Program for Adult Continuing Education, UMKC ( taught over the Internet )
July, 1997 Co-leader HSSMTI Educational Field Trip to Belize, Central America. Leader of extended trip.
Dec. 1998 Advanced trip for leaders of the 1999 HSSMTI Educational Field Trip to Costa Rica.
July 1999 Co-leader HSSMTI Educational Field Trip to Costa Rica.
June 2000 Co-leader HSSMTI Educational Field Trip to Costa Rica.
Fall 1991 - Fall 1992, Assistant Director of The Observatory at The University of the South
Fall 1992 - Acting Director of The Observatory at The University of the South
Fall 1994 - Present Director of The Cordell-Lorenz Observatory at The University of the South
Summer 1993 Summer School in Sewanee and the Sewanee Summer Science Center
Summer 1991/1992 Instructor, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics at Coker College
Summer 1989/1990 Research Professor, Chemistry Department, University of South Carolina
Summer 1987/1988 Instructor, Environmental Geology, Geology Department, University of South Carolina
1984 - 1987 Advisor for Senior and Graduating Students, College of Science and Mathematics, University of South Carolina
Spring 1984 Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry, Chemistry Department, University of South Carolina
Fall 1983 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Experimental Chemistry, Chemistry Department, University of South Carolina
1983 - 1987 Graduate Research Assistant, Chemistry Department, University of South Carolina
Societies: American Chemical Society
IUPAC
Coblentz Society
Society for Applied Spectroscopy
American Physical Society
Sigma Pi Sigma
Sigma Xi
Planetary Society
Golden Key Honor Society
Tennessee Academy of Science
International Dark-Sky Society
American Astronomical Society
Astronomy Society of the Pacific
American Association of University Professors
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Awards: Joseph W. Bouknight Graduate Teaching Award -- Fall semester, 1983
Outstanding Young Man of America -- 1987
Chemistry Publications:
1. J. R. Durig, J. F. Sullivan and D. T. Durig, "Low-Frequency Vibrational Spectra of Molecular Crystals. XXII. Cyclobutane-d0 and Cyclobutane-d8", Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 54, 51 (1979).
2. J. R. Durig, Y. S. Li and D. T. Durig, "Spectra and Structure of Small Ring Compounds. XLII. Microwave Spectrum of 2,5-Dihydrothiophene", J. Chem. Phys., 74, 1564 (1981).
3. J. R. Durig, J. F. Sullivan, K. L. Hellams, J. H. Mulligan, D. T. Durig, and J. B. Turner, "Spectra and Structure of Silicon Containing Compounds. XIV. Normal Vibrations and Free Rotation in p-fluoro- and p-chlorophenylsilane", Chim. Acta Turc., 9, 59 (1981).
4. J. R. Durig, D. T. Durig, B. R. Durig, and J. F. Sullivan, "Conformational Studies Utilizing Asymmetric Torsional Frequencies", J. Mol. Struct., 126, 83 (1985).
5. J. R. Durig, J. F. Sullivan, D. T. Durig, and Stephen Cradock, "Infrared Spectra of Some Matrix Isolated Organoisothiocyanate Molecules", Can. J. Chem., 63, 2000 (1985).
6. J. R. Durig, J. F. Sullivan, T. S. Little, and D. T. Durig, "Microwave, Infrared and Raman Spectra of Thiacyclopentane-a-d4", J. Mol. Struct., 142, 53 (1986).
7. J. F. Sullivan, D. T. Durig, J. R. Durig and Stephen Cradock, "Vibrational Spectra, Normal Coordinate Analysis, Ab Initio Calculations, and Conformational Stability of Ethylisocyanate", J. Phys. Chem., 91, 1770 (1987).
8. J. R. Durig, T. J. Geyer, T. S. Little, and D. T. Durig, "Vibrational Assignment and Conformational Equilibrium for 3-Fluoropropene Based on Ab Initio Calculations and High Resolution Far Infrared Spectroscopy", J. Mol. Struct., 172, 165 (1988).
9. D. T. Durig, J. S. Esterle, T. J. Dickson, and J. R. Durig, "An Investigation of the Chemical Variability of Woody Peat by FT-IR Spectroscopy", Appl. Spectrosc., 42, 1239 (1988).
10. J. R. Durig, R. J. Berry, D. T. Durig, J. S. Sullivan, T. S. Little, "The Use of Ab InitioCalculations in Molecular Spectroscopy", Teubner-Text Z. Phys., 20, 54 (1988).
11. J. R. Durig, D. T. Durig, M. R. Jalilian, Mengzhang Zhen, and T. S. Little, "Conformational Analysis from Low Frequency Vibrational Data and ab initio Calculations for 3-Chloropropene", J. Mol. Struct., 194, 259 (1989).
12. D. T. Durig, G. A. Guirgis, T. S. Little, and J. R. Durig, "Conformational Analysis from Raman and Far Infrared Spectra and Ab Initio Calculations for Some Substituted 3-Halopropene Molecules", Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, (J. R. Durig and J. F. Sullivan, editors), John Wiley & Sons, August (1990).
13. J. R. Durig, Howard Z. Qiu, D. T. Durig, Mengzhang Zhen and T. S. Little, "Microwave, Infrared and Raman Spectra, Conformational Stability, Barriers To Internal Rotation, Ab Initio Calculations, and Vibrational Assignment of 3-Fluoro-2-methylpropene", J. Phys. Chem., 95, 2745 (1991).
14. T. G. Costner, T. S. Little, D. T. Durig and J. R. Durig, "Far Infrared Spectra, Conformational Stability, and Barriers to Internal Rotation of Some Substituted 3-Chloropropenes," SPIE, 1575,590, (1991).
15. D. T. Durig, G. A. Guirgis, and J. R. Durig, "Far Infrared Spectrum, Barriers to Internal Rotation, Vibrational Assignment, and Ab Initio Calculations of 2-Chloro-3-Fluoropropene", Struct. Chem., 3, 347 (1992).
16. J. R. Durig, T. G. Costner, T. S. Little, and D. T. Durig, "Infrared and Raman Spectra, Conformational Analysis, Barriers to Internal Rotation, Vibrational Assignment, and Ab Initio Calculations of trans-1,3-Dichloropropene", J. Phys. Chem., 96, 7194 (1992).
17. D. T. Durig, G. A. Guirgis, and J. R. Durig, "Raman and Far Infrared Spectra, Conformational Stability, Barriers to Internal Rotation, Vibrational Assignment, and Ab Initio Calculations of 2,3-Dichloropropene", J. Raman Spectroscopy, 23, 37 (1992).
18. D. T. Durig, T. S. Little, T. G. Costner, and J. R. Durig, "Conformational Stability and Structural Parameters of 3-Fluoropropene and Some Substituted Derivatives", J. Mol. Struct., 266, 277 (1992).
19. J. R. Durig, Min Joo Lee, H. M. Badawi, J. F. Sullivan, and D. T. Durig, "Some Applications of Ab Initio Calculations in Molecular Spectroscopy", J. Mol. Struct., 266, 59 (1992).
20. D. T. Durig, G. A. Guirgis, Mengzhang Zhen, and J. R. Durig, "Raman and Far Infrared Spectra, Conformational Stability, Barriers to Internal Rotation, Vibrational Assignment, and Ab Initio Calculations of 2-Bromo-3-Fluoropropene", J. Raman Spectrosc., 24, 287 (1993).
21. Mengzhang Zhen, Howard Z. Qiu, J. R. Durig, and D. T. Durig, "Infrared and Raman Spectra, Conformational Stability, and Ab Initio calculations of trans-1-fluoro-2-Butene and 3-Fluoro-2-Methylpropene", SPIE, 2089, 144 (1993).
22. J. R. Durig, T. G. Costner, Aiying Wang, Gretta Frierson, and D. T. Durig, "Raman and Far Infrared Spectra, Conformational Stability, Barriers to Internal Rotation, Vibrational Assignment, and Ab Initio Calculations of trans-1-Chloro-2-Butene", J. Mol. Struct., 300, 257 (1993).
23. D. T. Durig, T. S. Little, and J. R. Durig, "Far Infrared Spectrum, Conformational Stability, Barriers to Internal Rotation, Vibrational Assignment and Ab Initio Calculations of 3-Chloro-2-Methylpropene", Spectrochim. Acta, South Carolina Issue, 49A, 1873 (1993).
24. D. T. Durig, T. S. Little, J. G. Costner, G. A. Guirgis and J. R. Durig, "Raman and Far Infrared Spectra and Conformational Analysis of Some Dichloropropenes", J. Mol. Struct., 293, 19 (1993).
25. Cooper Woods and D. T. Durig, "An Initial Investigation of the Water Quality in Fierry Gizzard", Proceedings of the Student Symposium on Water Quality, Tennessee Technological University, April, 1993 (mentor and co-author).
26. D. T. Durig, Howard Qiu, Mengzhang Zhen, T. S. Little, and J. R. Durig, "Microwave and Far Infrared Spectra, Conformational Stability, Molecular Structure, Barriers to Internal Rotation, and ab initio Calculations for the anticlinal conformer of trans-1-Fluoro-2-butene", Spectrochim. Acta, 50A, 583 (1994).
27. D. T. Durig, W. A. Herrebout, Mengzhang Zhen, and J. R. Durig, "Conformational Stability of trans-1-Fluoro-2-Butene", J. Mol. Struct., 349, 1 (1995).
28. J. R. Durig, H. M. Badawi, and D. T. Durig, "Spectra and Structure of Small Ring Compounds. LX. Conformational Stability, Barriers to Inversion, Ab Initio Calculations and Vibrational Assignment of Chlorocyclopentane", J. Mol. Struct., 338, 267 (1995).
29. D. T. Durig, W. A. Herrabout, Howard Z. Qiu, Mengzhang Zhen, and J. R. Durig, "Raman and Infrared Spectra, Conformational Stability, and Ab Initio Calculations of trans-1-Fluoro-2-Butene", J. Struct. Chemistry, 7, 1 (1996).
30. D. T. Durig and J. R. Durig, "Phonon Modes Of Molecular Crystals", in Low Temperature Molecular Spectroscopy, edited by R. Fausto, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 477 (1996).
31. J. R. Durig and D. T. Durig, "Spectra of Plastic and Disordered Crystals", in Low Temperature Molecular Spectroscopy, edited by R. Fausto, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 505 (1996).
32. J. R. Durig, G. A. Guirgis, Shiyu Shen, Yin Li, D. T. Durig, Lin Zhou, and Yanping Jin, "FT-IR Spectra of Xenon Solutions of c-C3H5CFO and CH2CHCFO", Mikrochim Acta (Suppl.), 14, 503 (1997).
33. G. A. Guirgis, Z. Shen, J. R. Durig, D. T. Durig, M. A. Qtaitat, A. S. Drew, and Y. Jin, "Spectra and Structure of Silicon Containing Compounds of the General Formula CH2CHSi(CH3)nCl3-n" J. Mol. Struct., 410, 431 (1997).
34. J. R. Durig, D. T. Durig, T. J. Dickson, Y. Jin, and J. F. Sullivan,"Infrared and Raman Spectra, Conformational Stability, Barriers to Internal Rotation, Vibrational Assignment, and Ab Initio Calculations for Methyl Vinyl Sulfide", J. Mol. Struct,442, 71 (1998).
35. J. R. Durig, Yin Li, Shiyu Shen, and D. T. Durig, "Conformational stability and structural parameters of CH3CH2CClO and other (CH3)nCH3-nCClO molecules", J. Mol. Struct., 449, 131, (1998).
36. B. J. van der Veken, W. A Herrebout, D. T. Durig, Wayne Zhao, and J. R. Durig, " Conformational Stability of 3-Fluoropropene in Rare Gas Solutions from Temperature-Dependent FT-IR Spectra and ab Initio Calculations", J. Phys. Chem A, 103, 1976, (1999).
37. J. R. Durig, D. T. Durig, B. J. van der Veken and W. A. Herrebout, "Conformational Stability from Temperature Dependent FT-IR Spectra of Liquid Rare Gas Solutions, Barriers to Internal Rotation, Vibrational Assignment and ab Initio Calculations for 3-Chloropropene", J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, 6142, (1999).
38. J. R. Durig, D. T. Durig, J. B. Robb II, Gamil Guirgis, Mengzhang Zhen and H. V. Phan, " Raman and infrared spectra, conformational stability, and ab initio calculations for chloromethyll methyl sulfide", J. Raman Spect., 31, 203, (2000).
39. D. T. Durig and Z. Yu, "Conformational stability from temperature dependent FT-IR spectra of rare gas solutions, barriers to internal rotation, vibrational assignement, structural parameters and ab initio calculations for 3-bromopropene", J. Mol. Struct., 550, 481, (2000).
40. James R. Durig, Gamil Guirgis, J. F. Sullivan, T. J. Dickson, and D. T. Durig, "Raman and Infrared Spectra, Ab Initio Calculations, Normal Coordinate Analysis and Conformational Stability of 2-Methoxypropene", submitted to J. Raman Spect. (2000).
ONLINE ASTRONOMY PUBLICATIONS:
IAUC 7267: C/1999 S4
IAUC 7289: C/1999 T3
IAUC 7357: P/2000 C1
MPEC S18: Comet C/1999 S3 (LINEAR)
MPEC T02: Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)
MPEC T06: 1999 SM5
MPEC T25: Comet C/1999 S3 (LINEAR)
MPEC T26: Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)*
MPEC T43: 1999 TA10
MPEC T64: Comet C/1999 T2 (LINEAR)*
MPEC U19: Comet C/1999 U1 (Ferris)
MPEC U27: Comet C/1999 T3 (LINEAR)
MPEC U37: 1999 US3
MPEC C13: 2000 BH19
MPEC C30: Comet P/2000C1(Hergenrother)
MPEC C39: 2000 CF59
MPEC C44: 2000 AU242
MPEC E12: 2000 DM8*
MPEC E13: 2000 DN8*
MPEC E20: 2000 DP107*
MPEC E41: 2000 DQ110
MPEC E53: 2000 ES70
MPEC E57: 2000 EW70
MPEC F05: 2000 EE104
MPEC F25: 2000 EX106=1994 BX4
MPEC F29: 2000 EB107
MPEC G26: 2000 GD2
MPEC G39: 2000 GP82
MPEC J25: 2000 JG5
MPEC J35: 2000 JA3
MPEC S64: 2000 SP43
MPEC T03: 2000 SY162
MPEC T06: 2000 SU180
MPEC T07: 2000 SA10
MPEC U09: 2000 TO64
MPEC U22: 2000 SB1
IAUC 7515: C/2000 U5; P/2000 U6
MPEC V02: COMET C/2000 U5 (LINEAR)
MPEC V03: COMET P/2000 U6 (TICHY)
MPEC W16: 2000 WG6*
MPEC W29: 2000 VU2*
GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT-
No. 890: GRB001120 Optical Observations
IAUC 7572: Comet 2001 B2
MPEC B47: COMET C/2001 B2 (NEAT)
MPEC C07: COMET C/2001 C1 (LINEAR)
IAUC 7581: P/2001 CV_8
MPEC C24: COMET P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR)
MPEC D16: 2001 DU8
MPEC F12: 2001 FY
MPEC F14: 2001 FA1
MPEC F31: 1998 FH74 = 2001 FM31
MPEC F51: COMET P/2001 F1 (NEAT)
MPEC K12: 2001 KQ1
IAUC 7631: 2001bs; SUNGRAZING COMETS; C/2001 K3
MPEC K24: COMET C/2001 K3 (SKIFF)
Asteroid Discoveries/Recoveries:
1999 VD1 = 1993 FV13*
2000 QD71
2000 SQ23*
2001 FH09
2001 FU58
* Observations made with students
Meetings and Presentations:
J. S. Esterle, J. C. Firm, D. T. Durig, and Supardi, "Physical and Chemical Properties of Peat Near Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia", presented at I.P.S. Symposium on Tropical Peat and Peatlands for Development, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, February 9-14, 1987 (co-author).
D. T. Durig, J. R. Durig, H. Z. Qiu, and T. S. Little, "Microwave Spectrum, Conformational Analysis, and Barriers to Internal Rotation of 2-Methyl-3-fluoropropene", 43rd Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, June 13-17, 1988 (presenter).
D. T. Durig, J. S. Esterle, and J. R. Durig, "Analysis of Tropical Woody Peats by FT-IR", Pittsburgh Conference on Spectroscopy and Analytical Chemistry, New Orleans, March 1988 (presenter)
D. T. Durig, T. S. Little, J. R. Durig and G. A. Guirgis, "Vibrational Spectra of Some Substituted Vinylic Compounds", 44th Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, June 12-16, 1989 (presenter).
D. T. Durig, "Chemical Variability of Peat", Tennessee Technological University, May 5, 1989.
J. S. Esterle, G. Calvert, D. T. Durig, Y. L. Tie, and Supardi, "Characterization and Classification of Tropical Woody Peats from Baram River, Sarawak and Jambi, Sumatra", presented at the International Symposium on Tropical Peat Land, Kuching, Malaysia, May 6-10, 1991 (co-author).
D. T. Durig and L. L. Splichal, "Weekly and Seasonal Variations in Acid Mine Drainage in Grundy County Tennessee", Tennessee Academy of Science Meeting, March 29, 1991 (co-author).
T. G. Costner, T. S. Little, J. R. Durig and D. T. Durig, "Conformational Stability, Barriers to Internal Rotation, Vibrational Assignment, and Ab Initio Calculations of trans-1,3-Dichloropropene", 46th Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, June 18, 1991 (co-author).
D. T. Durig, "Conformational Analysis by Spectroscopic and Ab Initio Methods (Physical Chemistry or Chemical Physics November 13, 1991, Physics Department Seminar, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
D. T. Durig, "SBIG ST-4: Autoguider or CCD Imager?", Tennessee Section of AAPT Annual Meeting, Vanderbilt University, April 4, 1992.
T. S. Little, T. G. Costner, G. A. Guirgis, J. R. Durig, and D. T. Durig, "Raman Spectra and Conformational Analysis of Some Dichloropropenes", EUCMOS XXI (European Conference on Molecular Spectroscopy), August 1992, Vienna, Austria, (co-author).
T. S. Little, T. G. Costner, G. A. Guirgis, J. R. Durig, and D. T. Durig, "Raman Spectra and Conformational Analysis of trans-1,3-Dichloropropene", ICORS 1992 (International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy), 1992 (co-author),.
Tufts University Workshop for Instructors of Introductory Astronomy, June, 1992.
Cooper Woods and D. T. Durig, "An Initial Investigation of the Water Quality in Fierry Gizzard", Student Symposium on Water Quality, Tennessee Technological University, April, 1993 (mentor).
D. T. Durig, Mengzhang Zhen, and J. R. Durig, "Far Infrared Spectra, Conformational Stability, and Barriers to Internal Rotation of Some Substituted Allyl Fluorides", Ninth International Conference of Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Aug. 23, 1993 (co-author).
D. T. Durig, "Using Computers To Teach Astronomy And Physics", Physics Department Seminar, April 15, 1994, UMKC, Kansas City, Missouri.
D. T. Durig, Mengzhang Zhen, and J. R. Durig, "Raman and Infrared Spectra, Conformational Stability, and Ab Initio Calculations of trans-1-Fluoro-2-Butene", 49th International Symposium On Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, June, 1994 (presenter).
D. T. Durig, Z. Qiu, Mengzhang Zhen, and J. R. Durig, "Raman Spectra And Conformational Stability Of Trans-1-Fluoro-2-Butene", Fourteenth International Conference On Raman Spectroscopy, Hong Kong, August 1994 (co-author).
D. T. Durig, and J. R. Durig, "Raman And Infrared Spectra, Conformational Stability, And Ab Initio Calculations of Trans-1-Fluoro-2-Butene", 22nd European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy, September, 1994, Essen, Germany (co-author).
Gaussian Workshop, National Environmental Supercomputer Center, Bay City, Michigan, September, 1994.
J. R. Durig, Shiyu Shen, T. Gounev, and D. T. Durig, "FT-IR Spectroscopic Determinations of the Enthalpy Differences of Some RCXO (X=H,F,Cl and CH3) Compounds Utilizing Liquified Rare Gas Solutions", 50th International Symposium On Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, June 15, 1995 (presenter).
J. R. Durig, G. A. Guirgis, Shiyu Shen, D. T. Durig, Lin Zhou, and Yanping Jin, "Temperature Dependent FT-IR Spectra of Xenon Solutions of Some Cyclopropylcarbonyl and Propenoyl Halides", 10th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 1995 (co-author).
D. T. Durig and J. R. Durig, "Phonon Modes of Molecular Crystals", NATO Advanced Studies Institute on Low Temperature Molecular Spectroscopy, Sintra, Portugal, Sept., 1995 (co-author).
J. R. Durig and D. T. Durig, "Spectra of Plastic and Disordered Crystals", NATO Advanced Studies Institute on Low Temperature Molecular Spectroscopy, Sintra, Portugal, Sept., 1995 (co-author).
RTUFSO Workshop on CCD Astronomy, Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass., June 18-23, 1995.
D. T. Durig, "The Star of Bethlehem", Ward Parkway Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Missouri, Dec. 15, 1995.
D. T. Durig, "The Sewanee Mountain Grotto's Continuing Exploration of Flat Cave, Franklin Co., Tenn. - Where is all of that air coming from?" Tennessee Cave Survey Spring Meeting, April 27, 1996, Sewanee, Tennessee.
D. T. Durig, "Using Modern Computer Technology For Astronomy
Research At A Small College Observatory" Tennessee Academy of Science, 1996.
D. T. Durig, "Hunting Asteroids With A Twelve Inch Telescope",
Tennessee Academy of Science, Motlow College, March 15, 1998.
D. T. Durig, "Adaptive Optics Makes A Research Instrument Out Of A
Commercial 30 cm Aperture Telescope", American Astronomical Society, Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 15, 2000.
D. T. Durig, "Tracking 18th and 19th Magnitude Asteroids With A 12 Inch
Telescope" Tennessee Section of the AAPT, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 8, 2000.
Offices In Academic and Civic Organizations:
Board of Directors, Save Our Cumberland Mountains, 1990
Chairman, The Sewanee Mountain Chapter of SOCM (Save Our Cumberland Mountains), 1991-1993
Vice Chairman, The Sewanee Mountain Grotto of NSS (National Speleological Society), 1992-present
Chair of the Physics and Astronomy Section of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 1997 and 1998
Chairman, Board of Deacons of the Decherd Presbyterian Church, 1992
Ordained Elder of the Decherd Presbyterian Church, 1993 - present
Faculty Advisor for the Iota Nu Chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, 1988-present
Board of Directors, Sewanee Leaseholders, 1993