David B. Healy was born 1936 in
Los Angeles, California. He was an automotive industry analyst for
Drexel Burnham in New York and later a stock broker before retiring to Arizona. He dedicated his life to Astronomy and the discovery of planets. While in New York, he was a longtime member of the Astronomical Society of Long Island. Once in Sierra Vista, Arizona, he became a valued member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club. He was well known for his pioneering work in astrophotography (in particular with cooled and hypered emulsion astrophotography before silver became silicon) with multiple contributions to leading astronomy publications. Healy established the
Junk Bond Observatory in Arizona for visual work and recoveries of minor planets. On September 4, 1999, a
main-belt asteroid was discovered by
Myke Collins and M. White at
Anza. It was called
66479 Healy after the founder of the JBO. After his chief co-discoverer
Jeffrey Medkeff died in 2008, Dave decided to participate in the search for
exoplanets. His telescope is still being used in the search for these planetary systems. He was a Contributing Editor of
Astronomy Magazine. In 2008, Bloomberg Press reviewed Healy's transition from investment analyst to amateur astronomer. == List of discovered minor planets ==