Professor Frederick Walter has retired after 37 years as a Professor of Astronomy
at Stony Brook University. Prof. Walter is an observational/stellar astronomer. He
found the closest known neutron star to the Earth, and measured its 165 light-year
distance, a discovery astronomers will forever associate with Stony Brook. He also
started a course in science fiction which he has taught for 20 years.
Professor Walter is a past president of the Stony Brook University Senate, and has
been a statewide SUNY Senator. He is a former Vice President for Academics for the
UUP Stony Brook West Chapter. He represents Stony Brook in the Associated Universities
for Research in Astronomy (AURA), where he was formerly a member of the Board of Directors,
and is the Stony Brook representative to the Astronomical Society of New York (ASNY).
We thank Professor Walter for his service to the department and wish him well in his
retirement!
