Annual Awards
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annual awards The recipients of the American Meteorological Society's Awards for 1987 were announced at the Awards Banquet held on 14 January 1987 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Joseph Smagorinsky presided over the presentation at the Banquet.1 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal Michael E. Mclntyre, university lecturer in Applied Mathe- matics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, is the recipient of the Society's highest honor, the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal. This award, consisting of a gold medal and a certificate, is made in rec- ognition of outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure or behavior of the atmosphere. It is being pre- sented to Dr. Mclntyre "for his original and innovative works furthering our theoretical and conceptual understanding of the stratosphere." Dr. Mclntyre received the B.Sc.Hons, degree (1963) in math- ematics from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and the Ph.D.( 1967) in geophysical fluid dynamics from the University of Cambridge, England. Upon graduating, he served as a sum- mer postdoctoral fellow in geophysical fluid dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In 1967 he joined the Joseph Smagorinsky and Michael E. Mclntyre Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral re- search associate. He returned in 1969 to the University of Cambridge as assistant director of research in dynamical meteorology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and was invited as Foreign Distinguished Scientist to the National Theoretical Physics. In 1972 he was appointed university lec- Science Foundation Workshop on Atmospheric Chemistry, turer in applied mathematics in the Department of Applied Boulder, Colorado in 1978. He has also made presentations at Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge. symposia of the American Meteorological Society, the Inter- Dr. Mclntyre was the recipient of a research fellowship from national Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, and the Interna- Saint John's College, Cambridge, between 1968 and 1971 and, tional Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. in 1981, the Adams Prize at the University of Cambridge. The He is currently a member of the International Commission Japan Society for the Promotion of Science appointed him as for Meteorology of the Upper Atmosphere, and the Theory a senior visiting fellow in 1984. In 1985 he was the Stewartson Group of the Anglo-French Mesoscale Frontal Dynamics Proj- Memorial Lecturer and the Victor P. Starr Memorial Lecturer. ect. Since 1985 he has served as coordinator of the Cambridge From 1969 to 1980 he was a member of the editorial board Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Initiative. Dr. Mc- of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Dr. Mclntyre served be- lntyre also has an interest in music, and from 1976 to 1980 tween 1979 and 1980 as a member of the U.K. Universities' was a member of the New Violin Family Steering Committee Atmospheric Modelling Group Panel, and from 1971 to 1974 of the Royal College of Music in London. as a member of the synoptic and dynamical meteorological Dr. Mclntyre is the author of 52 articles in refereed journals research subcommittee of the U.K. Meteorological Office. He and books and a number of invited reviews. Jule G. Charney Award Dr. Richard A. Anthes, director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, "for his The Jule G. Charney Award, comprised of a medallion accom- sustained contributions in theoretical and modeling studies panied by a nominal stipend, is given in recognition of highly related to tropical and mesoscale meteorology." significant research or development achievement in the at- After completing his Ph.D. (1971) in meteorology at the mospheric or hydrospheric sciences. This year's recipient is University of Wisconsin, Dr. Anthes accepted a position as assistant professor at the Pennsylvania State University, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses for the next 10 Photographs of the presentations at the Annual Awards Ban- years. In 1978, he was promoted to the rank of professor. In quet were taken by Henry Lansford. 1981, he accepted a position as director of the Atmospheric Bulletin American Meteorological Society 649 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/11/21 04:18 AM UTC 650 Vol. 68, No. 6, June 1987 Analysis and Prediction Division at NCAR. Last September, Dr. Anthes was appointed to his present position as director of NCAR. Dr. Anthes has served on many panels of the National Acad- emy of Sciences; at present he chairs the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. In early 1985 he chaired the Research Briefing Panel on Weather Prediction Technologies of the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP). During the academic year 1977-78, Dr. Anthes was the first to occupy the George Haltiner Research Chair at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is author or coauthor of over 60 reviewed papers in professional journals, and he is author of AMS Monograph No. 41, Tropical Cyclones—Their Evolution, Structure, and Effects, and coau- thor of several textbooks on meteorology. At present, Dr. Anthes is an associate editor of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. Dr. Anthes is a Fellow of the American Meteorological So- ciety and has served on several AMS committees. In January 1980, he was awarded the AMS Clarence L. Meisinger Award for outstanding research contributions in tropical cyclones. In Joseph Smagorinsky and Richard A. Anthes 1985 he was elected as a councilor of the AMS. Charles Franklin Brooks Award Professor Braham was employed by the U.S. Weather Bureau from December 1946 to May 1949 as the senior analyst, and later as acting official-in-charge, for the Thunderstorm Project, Roscoe R. Braham, Jr., professor of meteorology at the Uni- with operations in Florida and Ohio. In 1950-51, he joined versity of Chicago, has been awarded the Charles Franklin two professors at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Brooks Award for Outstanding Services to the Society "for his Technology for a study of thunderstorm charge generation. many contributions to the Society through his work on com- Since receiving his Ph.D., he has served the University of Chi- mittees and as Editor, Chapter Officer, Councilor and Fellow; cago as a research meteorologist (1952-54), associate professor and for his dedication as an educator and researcher." (1954—65), and professor of meteorology (1965-present). From Professor Braham graduated from Ohio University in 1942 1954 through 1956, Professor Braham also served as the first with a B.S. in geology. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army Air director of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Uni- Corps and was sent to the University of Chicago for meteor- versity of Arizona, under a joint appointment between the two ology training, and then to California for pilot training. Pro- universities. Throughout this period the modus operandi of fessor Braham served as pilot-weather and command weather Professor Braham's graduate-level teaching and research has officer (Air Force West Coast Training Command) until he was been to use instrumented airplanes for making scientific mea- discharged in November 1946. He received the M.S. (1948) and surements in various weather phenomena including thunder- Ph.D. (1951) in meteorology from the University of Chicago. storms, hurricanes, snowstorms, and clouds of various types. Many of today's leaders in physical meteorology and cloud physics took their graduate training under Professor Braham at Chicago. For his work on the Thunderstorm Project, Professor Braham received the Losey Award of the Institute of Aeronautical Sci- ences and the U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal. He has been active in the affairs of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) since their founding days. During the summer and fall of 1958, he served in formulating the preliminary plans for NCAR. He served on the UCAR Board of Trustees, 1965-67, 1973-77, 1980-86; Executive Committee, 1973-77, 1980-86; and Institutional Represent- ative, 1967-86. He joined the American Meteorological Society in 1945 and was elected Fellow in 1968. He served as associate editor, Journal of Meteorology, 1953-61; associate editor, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 1962-69; associate editor, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 1967-69; Committee on Hydrometeor- ology, 1954—61; Visiting Lecturer Program, 1960-61; Com- mittee on Cloud Physics, 1961-64 (chairman, 1961-63); Joseph Smagorinsky and Roscoe R. Braham, Jr. president, Chicago chapter AMS, 1966-67, 1976-77; Com- Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/11/21 04:18 AM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society 651 mittee on Weather Modification, 1967-72, 1983-present; ciation for the Advancement of Science, Illinois State Acad- chairman, Awards Committee, 1982; Councilor, 1969-72, emy of Sciences, International Association for Great Lakes 1980-83. In 1981 he was awarded the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Re- Research, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. In 1985 he was ap- search Medal by the AMS. Dr. Braham has just been elected pointed member of the National Committee of the Interna- President-Elect of the AMS, his term beginning in January tional Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 1987. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. Professor Professor Braham's other scientific and professional society Braham has authored many scientific papers on thunder- memberships include: Fellow,