William S. (Bill) Smith Jr. (b. 1947) was for 15 years president of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), which operates NSO, NOAO, STScI, Gemini and LSST. Bill was a strong advocate for diversity in the astronomical community.
Discovered on 13-3-1999 in Goodricke-Pigott by Tucker, R. A.