Sedona Red Rock News
Robert Schottland sits at his computer in his home office on Thursday, July 1. For the last seven years, Schottland has been consulting for Lowell Observatory
in Flagstaff on its NASA grant, creating databases, backend programs and learning a ton of astronomy. Schottland had an asteroid named after him in honor of his
contributions to projects at Lowell Observatory. David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
A 3.9-mile-wide rock about 239 million miles from the sun now has a connection to Sedona.
Robert Schottland has an insatiable thirst for knowledge.
He graduated from Northwestern University in 1966 as an industrial engineer and has been the owner of his own software consulting business for the last 30 years. He says he thinks like an engineer but is more passionate about computer technology and where it appears to be going.