Remembering Dave Rose
November 2022 :
Dear Friends,
On Monday Oct 10th Dave Rose passed away after a long battle with cancer. He chose not to share his diagnosis until he could no longer manage his life.
Dave was among my closest friends. I met him at an ASGH meeting in the late 70's. We soon found ourselves meeting up to observe. Together we enjoyed astronomy in many ways - Dave was an active observer and a past president of ASGH. He was among the first owners of the Coulter 13 inch Dob, which was a big deal back then. Dave was also a good travel partner as in when we flew to Florida for Halley's Comet or when we chased an eclipse (annular) to GA. We spent a full day at the National Air and Space Museum and left with our brains full.
Dave loved astronomy and space technology. He was a prolific reader - he could name the commander and crew of most missions from Projects Mercury through Apollo. He had many commemorative patches of the missions: up through Skylab, the historic US - Soviet hookup in space, and most Shuttle missions.
But most of all, he loved the star parties and events, especially Stellafane, as he loved to talk with his many friends and fellow amateurs and share nerd humor.
Dave was a good man - always upbeat and positive, sometimes while having to deal with life's inevitable setbacks. Dave showed me around Stellafane my first time there (1982) and then he correctly declared that I MUST attend a Skyscraper's meeting - a whole new wonderful universe of amateur astronomy. I will forever be grateful that Dave brought me to this organization.
I miss Dave and I will be keenly aware of his absence for some time to come. I will think of him whenever attending an astronomy event or when watching a liftoff of the new generation of rockets.
Peace, Dave
Respectfully Shared,
Scott Tracy
