Bio: (M.S. in Astrophysics – University of New Mexico, 1971) Mr. Linton has taught Astronomy in Central Illinois since 1971 – the last 13 years at EIU. Named Illinois Professor of the Year in 1988. He has lectured on cruise ships and in planetariums, led student groups to the Rockies, to North Dakota (for the Total Solar Eclipse of 1979), to major observatories of the Southwest, and to Mexico (to see Halley’s Comet in 1986), taught for a semester in Japan, ridden a mule into the Grand Canyon and a camel into the Sahara Desert, visited the homes of Galileo and Einstein (twice!)), and hosted a Russian Cosmonaut as his house guest. He enjoys traveling with his wife of 47 years, and playing with his two grandsons.
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View The Total Solar Eclipse On The Mighty Mississippi
The Chester IL Solar Eclipse Information website
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