CASCA is pleased to announce that Professor Ernest R. Seaquist has been chosen to receive the 2004 Carlyle S. Beals Award. The Beals Award was established by CASCA in 1981in recognition of the groundbreaking research of C.S. Beals and honours outstanding research achievement by a Canadian astronomer working in Canada.
The award includes an honorarium of $1000 and the recipient is invited to address the Society at its Annual Meeting. Professor Seaquist has confirmed that he will be able to speak at CASCA 2004 on a topic related to the research for which he is being honoured. The citation of the awards committee addresses the breadth, innovation and impact of Professor Seaquist's research on radio astronomy in Canada. He is an acknowledged leader in the field of stellar radio emission including such highlights as deciphering the structure of SS433, using both radio and X-ray data. Professor Seaquist has also been active in studying radio emission from AGNs, gas and outflows in starburst galaxies, HI shells and supershells in the interstellar medium. In the process, he has trained a large number of astronomers who are currently active and research leaders in their own right.
CASCA thanks the Awards Committee consisting of: Shantanu Basu (Chair), Stephanie Cote, David Guenther, and Douglas Welch, for their time and effort.