Lyceum Luncheon w Tom O’Grady “From Meigs County to the Hubble Space Telescope”

The Southeast Ohio History Center Lyceum Speaker Series presents, Tom O’Grady, of the Southeast Ohio History Center and Instructor of Observational Astronomy at Ohio University, will be pinch hitting with the story of a lad born in Tuppers Plains who designed and built the biggest telescopes in the world enabling discoveries that changed the perception of man’s place in the universe. George Willis Ritchey, optician, engineer, photographer, astronomer, and telescope maker forever changed the way humans study the night sky.

The Lycheon Luncheon Speaker Series is a monthly lunchtime opportunity to learn a bit about the rich local history of this region where Ohio began. The brown bag luncheon program is scheduled for Thursday, June 19th at noon at the History Center.

BYO lunch and join us for the conversation!

You may also like the following events from Southeast Ohio History Center:

• Next month, 7th July, 05:30 am, Tom Talks in Somerset
• Next month, 12th July, 02:00 pm, Outdoor Walking Tour of the Historic Athens Asylum in Athens
• Next month, 17th July, 12:00 pm, Lyceum Luncheon w/ Jack Wright, “Eudora Welty & her Appalachian Ohio Roots” in Athens