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Who was Homer DaBoll? Homer F. DaBoll was born on May 22, 1920. He led numerous grazing occultation expeditions in the Chicago area spanning 3 decades, from the 1960’s to 1990. He was the first ever editor of Occultation Newsletter for 16 years from its first issue in 1974 thru early 1990 when health reasons forced him to pass on the Editorial duties to Dr. Joan Dunham. DaBoll was the person who came up with the acronym IOTA, International Occultation Timing Association. Members of IOTA have always held Homer DaBoll in the highest regard for his numerous contributions to occultation observations, expeditions, ON, and his many other volunteer efforts. Homer Daboll passed away in March 10, 1990 in Saint Charles, Illinois at the age of 69. The Homer F. DaBoll Awards Committee was formed in 2006 to identify candidates. The committee began with Guy Nason, Canada, Dave Gault, Australia and Tony George, USA.
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