Who Is the Director of Northern Stars?
John T. Meader
1987 saw John found his educational
business Northern Stars Planetarium. He became the first
person to purchase a Starlab
Portable Planetarium in order to start a business. In
1995 Northern Stars purchased the first ever
Jumbo-Starlab, large enough to hold 70 students.
In 2004 John and his wife Laura
traveled to northern Italy to participate in the
"American
Planetarian in Italy" program
where John taught astronomy to Italian high school
students in Brescia for an exciting week of cross
cultural planetarium lessons. 2007 marked 20 years of Northern Stars
Planetarium sharing the stars with the school children of
Maine, servicing more than 19,000 students each
year! John is a Fellow of the International
Planetarium Society, and is the Archivist/Historian of
the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society. John is also a Registered Maine Guide
and an organizer for the annual Maine
Canoe Symposium held each June
at Camp Winona in Bridgton, Maine. His expertise in
canoe-tripping led John to co-producing an award winning
video on canoe camping with children called "Babes In The
Woods". John also periodically teaches astronomy, camping
and canoeing skills at Kennebec Valley Community College
in Fairfield, Maine. Born and raised in central Maine, John
graduated from the University of Maine in 1982. He and
his wife Laura live in Fairfield, Maine. John has three
children.
Northern Stars Planetarium and
Educational Services
John began his planetarium
career as a student operator in 1979 at the University of
Maine's Jordan
Planetarium. He also taught
Observational Astronomy classes at the University of
Maine at Orono, the University of Maine at Presque Isle
and Loring Air Force Base. In 1983 he became the
Planetarium Director of the Francis
Malcolm Science Center in
Easton, Maine.
Fairfield, ME 04937
(207) 453-7668
info@northern-stars.com