Wendee's Achievements

	Wendee is director of the Jarnac Observatory
	Wendee has a B.Sc.  in Education from the State University of New York, Cortland, and a M.A.T. from New Mexico State University
	Wendee co-authored two of our books:  Making Friends with the Stars and Cosmic Discoveries.
	Wendee is a full participant of the Jarnac Comet Survey
	Wendee taught physical education for 26 years in the Las Cruces Public Schools
	Wendee was an instructor-trainer for the Red Cross in water safety, first aid, and CPR
	Wendee's achievements have been written up in several Who's Who books
	Wendee is Secretary-Treasurer of the National Sharing the Sky Foundation.

Biographical notes for Wendee Wallach-Levy

        Born in 1948 in New York City, Wendee completed her B.S.E. at SUNY Cortland in 1970.  She completed her M.A.T. at New Mexico State in 1975.  She taught Physical Education for 26 years in the Las Cruces Public Schools, the last five years of which she was Athletic Director at her schools. Throughout her career Wendee also coached extensively in volleyball, basketball, softball, track and field, and swimming.  Her volunteer efforts included thousands of hours with the Red Cross, during which she was an instructor trainer educator in water safety, first aid, and CPR.
          In 1996 Wendee retired from teaching to join the Jarnac Observatory in Arizona, which she now serves as Director.  She is a full participant in the Observatory's comet survey, plans and assists with astronomy public outreach with a telescope she built herself, and is co-host of an internet radio program called Let's Talk Stars
( www.letstalkstars.com).  In 1996 Asteroid 6485 Wendeesther was named in her honor by the International Astronomical Union, the official world body of astronomers.
          Finally, as part of her work at Jarnac Observatory, Wendee has co-discovered 28 asteroids, each one of these small worlds orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.  In 2004 her nomination to have asteroid No. 27776 named after her alma mater was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union.  That world is now known as Cortland.