*Jonas Quinn's home planet Kelowna was named after a small town in the interior of Britsh Columbia. Each spring for six years now a dozen or so of our writers, actors, producers and crew have gone there on a golf trip. Carter's husband in season four's "2010" was named after the pilot who took me up in a T-38, Joe Simile. The James Reed terminal mentioned in "2010" was named after the pilot who gave me the tour of Sheppard Air base. Chulak is named after one of Johnathan's friends. General Hammond's granddaughters are named after my own children, Tessa and Kayla. Dr. Elizabeth Weir was named shortly after Mike Weir won the masters. Peter Deluise uses every name from the crew he can get away with in his scripts.
*Source: Back of card