4587 Rees are credited with the discovery of . This minor planet was named after Martin Rees (born 1942), a much awarded English cosmologist and astrophysicist who has studied the galactic evolution. Rees became Astronomer Royal and President of the Royal Society in 1995 and 2005, respectively. He is also the director of the Institute of Astronomy and a professor of astronomy at the University of Cambridge. The asteroid's name was proposed by Jan Oort, and the was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 April 1991 (). "Rees" is an assumed, stony S-type asteroid. Other sources published by EARN assume
Raymond F. Rees experiences with his counterparts in the Vietnam People's Army. In 2012 Rees announced that he would retire the following year, and a search began for his successor. In January, 2013 Governor Kitzhaber announced that Rees would be succeeded by Daniel R. Hokanson when Rees retired on July 13, 2013. Rees retired in a ceremony on July 13, 2013, with his official date of retirement as July 31, and his 47 years of service surpassed the tenure of most full (four-star) generals. His retirement ceremony was attended by former Governor Kulongoski and General Frank J. Grass, the Chief of the National