INGE, Jay Landon

Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona, Friday, April 25, 2014 Jay Landon Inge, a resident of Flagstaff for over 40 years, died at age 70 on April 1st, 2014 at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. Born in 1943 in Hollywood, CA, Jay graduated from North Hollywood High and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Following his graduation from UCLA, Jay worked for Lowell Observatory, where he worked to produce one of the first maps of the moon. He then transitioned to National Geographic Magazine in Washington D. C., where his work in cartography resulted in several maps, including the moon and Mars, which are still available today. He relocated back to Flagstaff, AZ to work at the US Geological Survey (USGS). While at USGS, he was instrumental in the creation of maps of Mars, Jupiter and its moons and other interstellar planets and was a member of the Voyager and Viking missions to survey the solar system. He is the author of several books cataloging interstellar maps, as well as cartography techniques for interstellar mapping. In his free time, he was an accomplished artist and a loving, and devoted husband, father and friend. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Mimi, his daughter and his son and his four grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his name to Lowell Observatory. This obituary was prepared by the Advertising Department (928) 556-2279.