during the coldest parts of the Little Ice Age, which suggested a connection between the longer term behavior of the Sun and of the Earth's mean surface temperature. In advancing the theory that the Sun is a variable star, Eddy wrote that "It has long been thought that the Sun is a constant star of regular and repeatable behavior. Measurements of the radiative output, or solar constant, seem to justify the first assumption, and the record of periodicity in sunspot numbers is taken as evidence of the second. Both records, however, sample only the most recent history of the Sun." Post-academia Eddy was laid off from the High Altitude Observatory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in 1973 due to budget cutbacks and the poor performance reviews he earned due to his interdisciplinary forays, which were frowned upon at the time. He then was hired by NASA to write a book, which enabled him to travel east to do research in the great astronomy libraries, particularly at Harvard and the Naval Observatory, which he used to also do research on the Maunder Minimum. His work on this was published in the journal Science as a cover story. After publication, his former employers at the HAO tried to hire him back. The interest resulting from "The Maunder Minimum" paper saw him giving over 50 talks a year around the world about his work and history. In 1987 Eddy was awarded the Arctowski Medal by the National Academy of Sciences for studies in solar physics and solar-terrestrial relationships and specifically for "his demonstration of the existence and nature of solar variations of long term and the consequences of these changes for climate and for mankind." Death Eddy died of cancer at his home in Tucson, Arizona on June 10, 2009. Honors Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1988. Arctowski Medal in Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, National Academy of Sciences, 1987 Visiting Scientist, University of Durham, England, 1985, 1987. James Arthur Prize Lecture in Solar and Solar Terrestrial Physics, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, 1983. Research Fellow, National Geographic Society, 1975-1976. NCAR Award for Outstanding Performance in New Technology, 1973. Sigma Xi-RESA Boulder Scientist Award, 1965. National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1962-1963. Books The New Solar Physics (Editor) Westview Press. 1978, 214 pp, . A New Sun (The Solar Results from Skylab) NASA SP-402, U.S.