The Founding Stony Ridge Fifteen:

updated: 2010 Aug 14


  • Anthony L Bland (15)
  • Norman L. Bolz (2)- Did the machining of the telescope mount parts, including the fork assembly and the tapered Right Ascension (RA) axis at John Terlep's (10) machine shop.
  • Charles Buzzetti (11) - with Norris Roberts (7), obtained county permits for the construction.
  • Geroge A. Carroll (3) - Founder of the Association of Amateur Astronomers in 1947 and designer of the 30-inch telescope and others.
  • Roy R. Cook (12)
  • Alvin E. Cram (14) - First President, Stony Ridge Observatory, Inc.
  • Roy K. Ensign (4) - Lead optician in producing the 30-inch (0.76-m) SRO mirror, built the mirror grinding machine, observer for Lunar Mapping Project.
  • Dr. W. H. Griffith (1) - Produced the 16mm documentary film Stony Ridge Observatory - A Cooperative Effort.
  • Harold J. Ireland (5)- with George Moyen (8) designed the electrical system for the observatory.
  • J. George Moyen (8) - with Harold Ireland (5) designed the electrical system for the observatory.
  • Norris A. Roberts (7) - Designed all the buildings at SRO, observer for the Lunar Mapping Project.
  • Easy Sloman (6) - Procured the 30-inch mirror blank and assisted Roy Ensign (4) in its grinding and polishing stages. An observer for the Lunar Mapping Project
  • John Sousa (9) - Participated in all construction phases, an observer with the Lunar Mapping Project.
  • John Terlep (10) - Designer of the metal dome and 2nd President of Stony Ridge Observatory, Inc., built, with machining help from Norman Bolz (2), the fork for the telescope mounting.
  • Dave Thomas (13) - Built the dome for SRO, at his company, Thomas Tool & Die, in Sunvalley, California.

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