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About AIR&SPACE

Magazine Staff


Editor
Linda Musser Shiner

Executive Editor
Paul Hoversten

Senior Editors
Patricia Trenner
Tony Reichhardt

Senior Associate Editor
Perry Turner

Associate Editors
Michael Klesius
Rebecca Maksel
Diane Tedeschi

Photography and Illustrations Editor
Caroline Sheen

Researcher
Roger A. Mola

Graphic Design
Ted Lopez, Eason Associates, Inc

Founding Editor
George C. Larson

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Roger Bilstein
William E. Burrows
Eric Chaisson
Tom Crouch
David DeVorkin
Ron Dick
Beth Dickey
Freeman Dyson
Daniel Ford
Greg Freiherr
Donald Goldsmith
George Greenstein
William Gregory
Dan Hagedorn
R. Cargill Hall
Richard Hallion
Jim Hansen
Gregg Herken
Nick Komons
W. David Lewis

Eric Long
Stephen Maran
Laurence Marschall
Ted Maxwell
Marshall Michel
Ron Miller
Brian Nicklas
James Oberg
Dominick Pisano
Robert E. Pollack
Fred Reed
George Robinson
Chad Slattery
Marcia Smith
Robert W. Smith
Jill Tarter
G.L. Verschuur
Stephan Wilkinson

Editorial: (202) 633-6070
e-mail: editors@si.edu

Air & Space/Smithsonian (ISSN 0886-2257) is published bimonthly by Smithsonian Business Ventures, 600 Maryland Ave., Suite 6001, Washington, DC 20024. Periodical postage paid at Washington, DC, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to AIR & SPACE/Smithsonian, PO Box 420113, Palm Coast, FL32142-0113. Printed in the USA. Canadian publication agreement no. 40039324. Canadian return address: Brokers Worldwide, PO Box 1051, Fort Erie, ON L2A 6C7.

We may occasionally publish extra issues. ©Smithsonian Institution 2008. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Editorial offices: MRC 513, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013. Circulation and advertising offices: 420 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10170.

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President
Thomas Ott

Executive Assistant to the President
James A. Babcock

General Manager
Alan Chu

Group Publisher
Kerry L. Bianchi

Advertising (212-916-1300)
Marilyn Cruz, Advertising Services Manager

Account Managers
New York: Diantha W. Redd, Sales Director, Suzanne Grossman, Brian Layman
Midwest: Bill Milligan, Lara Esquivel, Jeff Orr
Detroit: Colleen Maiorana, Holly Wilcox
Southwest: Steve Moynihan, Lindsay Davis
West Coast: Kate Knox, Charles Carroll
Florida: Colleen Schoch
Caribbean/Central America: Al Nadal
Mexico: Elsie Mendez Enriquez, Victor Ocadiz
South America: Jorge Pflucker, Luis Barragan
Canada: Richard Brown, Cindy Ratych, David Seaberg
London: Graeme Brown
Japan: Yoshinori Ikeda, Shigenori Nagatomo
Thailand: Yvan Van Outrive, Ja Pipatra
Korea: S.S. Song
Direct Response: MI Media Services, LLC

Advertising Assistants
Blythe Graham-Jones
Amanda ReCupido

Marketing/Research
Rosie Walker, Director of Marketing
Christine Staley Corr, Associate Director of Sales Development
Laurie A. Corson, Marketing Manager
Karen Mendolia, Promotion Manager
Caitlin Glasheen McCarthy, Associate Marketing Manager

Research
Renée Mitchell, Director
Marilyn Resciniti, Research Manager

Consumer Marketing
Lisa Dunham, Circulation Director
Elizabeth M. Hopkins, Planning Director
Andrea Sole, Fulfillment Director
Donald G. Dodd, Forecast Manager
Suzanne L. Eng, Purchasing Manager
Lori Paldino, Direct Mail Manager
John O'Hare, Membership Services Coordinator
Miriam Johnson, Renewals and Gift Director
Joanna Marrero, Gifts Manager
Benjamin Shields, Renewals and Billing Coordinator
Laura E. Vichick, Circulation Assistant

Online Publishing Group
Emily Allen, Director

Business Operations:
Kelly Durkin, Senior Web Producer
Paula K. Burley, Interactive Marketing Manager
Matthew Feldman, Interactive Advertising Operations Coordinator
Cheryl Carlin, Junior Producer

Editorial:
Tony Reichhardt, Web Editor
Leslie Calderone, Intern

Manufacturing
Sarah Kingsley, Director
Greg Williams, Postpress Director
Katherine Balch, Prepress Director
Frank Matthew Hale II, Prepress Manager
Marie Prete, Prepress Manager
Rahsaan J. Jackson, Color Analyst
Steven Schwacke, Color Analyst
Penie Atherton, Advertising Systems Manager

Business Office
Ed Dequina, Business Manager
Beth Cunigan, Accountant

Smithsonian Business Ventures
Thomas Ott, Acting Chief Executive Officer
Jeanny Kim, Vice President and Gen. Mgr.,Media Svcs.

Board of Directors
Adolfo Marzol, Chairman
Members: Frank A. Daniels Jr., Alice Maroni, M. Ronald Ruskin, Donald J. Steiner, Anthony Welters