Photograph Album: Leo J. Scanlon

Photograph (1934) of Leo Scanlon (front-left) meeting with Albert Einstein (front-right) at the 1934 annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh. Leo had written to Albert Einstein, prior to the conference, to invite Dr. Einstein to visit the Amateur Astronomers Association (AAAP) exhibit at the AAAS Conference. During the visit to the conference, Dr. Einstein asked Leo his occupation. When told that Leo was a plumber, Dr. Einstein asked him for directions to the Men's Rest Room!

Photograph (from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Friday, 1939 February 10, Page 17) showing Leo Scanlon (seated), Secretary of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh (AAAP), debating with astrologer Martha Knotts, President of the Pennsylvania Astrology Association, the previous evening at the Metropolitan Club.

Photograph (circa 1939) of Leo Scanlon (front-center - one of first two Buhl Planetarium Lecturers) standing on the front steps of the original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, America's fifth major planetarium and Pittsburgh's science and technology museum from 1939 to 1991.

Photograph (1987) of AAAP Co-Founder Leo Scanlon (left) and long-time AAAP member Truman Kohman (right - Professor of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University) at the First Light for the historic 11-inch Brashear Refractor Telescope [originally installed for the 1910 passage of Halley's Comet at an observatory on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University (then, known as the Carnegie Institute of Technology), funded by Andrew Carnegie] at the new AAAP Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Park north of Pittsburgh.

Photographs of Leo Scanlon in the 1990s: Link 1 *** Link 2 *** Link 3 *** Link 4 (Leo on left)

News Articles with Leo Scanlon (fuzzy images) ---

Image from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Friday, 1939 February 10, Page 17 - regarding Leo Scanlon, Secretary of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh (AAAP), debating with astrologer Martha Knotts, President of the Pennsylvania Astrology Association, the previous evening at the Metropolitan Club.

Image from the North Edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1979 June - Leo Scanlon shown with telescope, interviewed regarding Astronomy hobby.

Image from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1997 August - of Valley View Observatory and Leo Scanlon.

These slides were digitized many years ago by the late Dave Smith, a professional photographer and AAAP member. The slides had been delivered to Dave, from a member of the Scanlon family, by AAAP member Barry Mitnick.