Planning the Celebration of 70th Anniversary of Detection of Neutral Hydrogen (21 cm line)

Greetings,

In the summer of 2019, I had proposed a 70th anniversary celebration of the detection of neutral hydrogen that my father was involved in. Dr. Harold I Ewen’s (“Doc Ewen”) 1951 PhD thesis, “Radiation from Galactic Hydrogen at 1420 Megacycles per Second,” reported on the first detection of a spectral line in radio astronomy. His advisor at Harvard University was Dr. Edward M. Purcell.    The horn antenna used for detection at the Lyman Laboratory of Harvard University is now displayed in front of the Jansky Lab at NRAO in Green Bank, West Virginia.

As I followed up in May 2020 as planned to prepare for the 2021 festivities, the world had already been immersed in the COVID-19 Pandemic.   All industries were shutting down and quarantine requirements were implemented.    The original plan to build and launch a 2021 celebration of the 1951 achievement had to be shelved. The PAASE Institute was developed to satisfy the need

As the PAASE Institute gets ready to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1951 detection of neutral hydrogen (21 cm),  development of an act of “remembrance”  is underway.   It’s nothing fancy, but simple is always a good option.   Here are some preliminary thoughts as part of the first phase 

[1] An Article or two in news publications to be broadly shared

[2] Videos (one is in circulation already)

[3] Strong social media presence and adding info to groups 

Of course, more will be done in the coming year.   The anniversary is in March 2021 so there is time.   

Amb.Prof. David K. Ewen, M.Ed., TESOL, TEYL