Dr. Bob Millis, who joined the Lowell staff in 1965 and was director from 1989 until 2009, said the annual campaign to support UWNA was a significant event at the observatory each year. The reason – Lowell’s commitment to the greater Flagstaff area.
That commitment continues to this day, with Lowell employees being a important part of our annual workplace campaigns.
“I think the reason the observatory has such a connection with the City is all the support we’ve received over the decades from Flagstaff and that implants in us a responsibility to do our part,” he said. “It’s a two-way street and United Way was always seen as a way we could pay back to the community.”
When Millis was chair of the annual campaign in the early 1990s, he was a driving force behind a new initiative to recognize those individuals who gave at the highest levels in support of UWNA’s mission.
In 1993, Millis, his wife Julie and about 40 other extremely generous supporters became the Charter Members of the new Summit Society.