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Dr. Holt Ashley, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Montreal, Que., Canada. With ICAO's permission he is Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., was a guest lecturer at continuing his consulting with United Aircraft on CAT and a five-day short course given at UCLA in selected topics in keeping in touch with the consulting field generally. advanced aerothermoelasticity/plasticity, including reentry Gerald J. Carter, radar supervisor at the Weather Bureau and space environments. station in Oklahoma City, was able to aid police in appre- Since completing his studies at the University of Wiscon- hending a thief who had stolen an airplane near Wichita, sin, David A. Barber has been working at the Weather Bu- Kan., on 26 January. The thief was carrying a large sum of reau Regional Headquarters, Anchorage, Alaska. money. Aided by FAA radars, Mr. Carter followed his flight Dr. David P. Baumhejner of the National Center for At- southward and informed police, who arrested the thief when mospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., spoke on "Experiments he landed at El Reno, Okla. in real time data forecasting with the NCAR general circu- Anton S. Chaplin completed his studies at Pennsylvania lation model" at a seminar held in January at the National State University in December and accepted a position as Environmental Satellite Center, Hillcrest Heights, Md. research meteorologist at Litton Systems, Inc., Environmental James M. Beall, chief of the operations Division, Weather Systems Center, Camarillo, Calif. Mr. Chaplin is finishing Bureau Regional Headquarters, Anchorage, Alaska, since his doctoral dissertation and plans to graduate in June 1969. 1964, was named chief of the Meteorological Division of the James F. Combs, formerly staff meteorologist with Agency for International Development (AID) in Rio de KENS-TV, San Antonio, Tex., is now affiliated with Sta- Janeiro, Brazil. Mr. Beall expected to take up his new duties tion KRGV, Weslaco, Tex. late in March after completing language school preparation. Dr. Duane S. Cooley, Travelers Research Center, Inc., His previous assignments have included Tatoosh Island, Hartford, Conn., spoke at a Techniques Development Lab- Wash., Boise, Idaho, Billings, Mont., Athens, Greece, La Paz, oratory seminar in January. His topic was "The develop- Bolivia, and Washington, D. C., where he was director of ment of a physical model for the simulation of subsynoptic information. scale meteorological processes." Robert M. Black, Weather Bureau advisory agricultural Lt. Col. John S. Cordero, 122nd Weather Flight, Louisi- meteorologist at Oregon State University since early 1965, ana Air National Guard, received one of two On-the-job accepted transfer and promotion to the position of agricul- Training achievement awards presented to the unit in No- ture and marine service meteorologist at the Western Region vember. The awards were made in recognition of the flight's Headquarters, Salt Lake City, Utah. His place on the OSU 100% passing rate on skill knowledge testing during 1967. campus has been filled by Earl M. Bates, formerly meteorolo- Weather air technical advisor to the unit, TSgt. Albert S. gist in charge at the Weather Bureau Office in Eugene, Oreg. Peterson was praised for his assistance in helping the 122nd Maj. William O. Breedlove recently accepted the keys to to capture both awards. The award to the unit as a whole Operating Location 9, Det. 7, 4th Weather Wing (Solar Fa- was presented by Lt. Col. James P. Condaxis of 200th Wea. cility), situated about 5 mi northeast of Tehran, Iran. OL-9 Sq., Langley AFB, Va. was of direct "space weather" support during the Apollo 8 Sam F. D. Duke, meteorologist in charge of the Wilming- flight. A 24-hr watch is kept on possible magnetic storms, ton, N. C., Weather Bureau office, was awarded a plaque in auroras, and dangerous radiation conditions. commendation of his efforts in the southeastern North Caro- lina safety program. The plaque reads: Federal Safety Coun- Arthur W. Brooks, mete- cil of Southeastern North Carolina Outstanding Service orologist in charge of the Award—1959-1968. Weather Bureau Airport Sta- Horace C. Dwelle, mete- tion, El Paso, Tex., retired orologist in charge of in February after 48 years of the Parkersburg, W. Va., Federal service. Mr. Brooks Weather Bureau Office, was entered the Weather Bureau awarded the Department of at Due West, S. C., in 1921, Commerce Bronze Medal on and had served at Groesbeck, 14 January "for commenda- Tex., Broken Arrow, Okla., ble and devoted service over Miami and Jacksonville, Fla., a long period of years, and Atlanta, Ga., and Chatta- particularly for his outstand- nooga, Tenn., before going ing service at Parkersburg, to El Paso. W. Va." A native of North- E. B. Buxton, certified consulting meteorologist, has ac- wood, Iowa, Mr. Dwelle has served also at Cheyenne and cepted a temporary appointment in the MET Section of Casper, Wyo.; LaGuardia Airport, N. Y.; Elkins and Charles- the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in ton, W. Va. He has been MIC at Parkersburg for 7 years.

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Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/07/21 06:01 AM UTC Vol. 50, No. 4, April 1969 Floyd C. Elder, formerly research meteorologist at the Einar L. Hovind of Aerometric Research, Inc., Goleta, University of Michigan, Ypsilanti, recently transferred to Calif., presented a paper on "Studies on QPF problems in the Canada Centre for Inland Water, Burlington, Ont. the western United States" at the Techniques Development Elden R. Etier, meteorolo- Laboratory, ESSA, Silver Spring, Md., in January. gist in charge of the Wins- James K. Huntoon, since 1964 executive assistant in the low, Ariz., Weather Bureau ESSA Office of Aviation Affairs, has been appointed special Office, retired in January assistant to the Director of the Weather Bureau's Executive after 32 years of Federal ser- and Technical Services staff. He will deal with the establish- vice. Mr. Etier began his Weather Bureau career in ment of automated manpower systems and planning pro- 1941 at Albuquerque, N. grams. A former Air Force weather officer, Mr. Huntoon Mex., as a junior observer. joined the Weather Bureau at Los Angeles in 1947. He Before being assigned to the transferred to Weather Bureau headquarters in 1960 as a Winslow office in 1964 he research meteorologist and to the Office of Aviation Ser- had served three years at vices in 1962. Fort Huachuca in research, Prof. Donald R. Johnson and Prof. Lyle H. Horn, Depart- two years at Silver City, and ment of Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, presented a 9 years at Corpus Christi, Tex. He and Mrs. Etier plan to paper in December at the ESSA National Environmental remain in Winslow. Satellite Center, Hillcrest Heights, Md. Their topic was Air Medals for meritorious service while participating in "The generation of available potential energy in storms." sustained aerial reconnaissance were awarded to Maj. Robert Prof. Christian E. Junge has left the Institute of Meteorol- W. Fett and Capt. Dan K. Waylett, both of the 54th Weather ogy and Geophysics, Johannes Gutenberg University, and is Reconnaissance Squadron. now affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Eugene A. Fitzpatrick has left the Division of Land Re- Mainz, Germany. search, CSIRO, to become senior lecturer in the Department Robert C. Junghans, Cdr. USN (Ret.), is now the United of Agronomy, Institute of Agriculture, University of Western States delegate to UNESCO in Paris, France. Australia, Nedlands, Australia. Dr. Joachim Kuettner, di- Air Force Commendation Medals were recently awarded or rector of Advanced Research approved for the following: Lt. Col. Richard H. Foote, Wash- Projects, ESSA Research ington office, AWS; Maj. Thomas D. Damon, 4th Wea. Wg., Laboratories, has been Maj. Margaret J. Perry, 2nd Wea. Sq.; SMSgt. Paul L. Lemar, named as the new director Det. 30, 6th Wea. Wg.; MSgt. Donald F. Chase, Det. 27, for BOMEX. Before joining 12th Wea. Sq. the ESSA Research Labora- After completing the Ph.D. in meteorology at Florida tories, Dr. Kuettner was State University, Dr. Arnold Gruber accepted a position chief scientist of the Na- with The Boeing Company, Seattle, Wash. tional Environmental Satel- Dr. Richard E. Hallgren, director of ESSA's Office of lite Center, and before that World Weather Systems, has received the Arthur S. Fleming played an important role in the manned space flight pro- Award, which each year honors the 10 most outstanding gram, first as director of the young men in government. The awards are sponsored by the Mercury Project at NASA's D. C. Junior Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with a Marshall Space Flight Center, and later as deputy director number of public utility companies. Dr. Hallgren is the of the Saturn Apollo Systems Office. first ESSA recipient of this coveted award. Presentation was Robert E. Lautzenheiser, made by Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall at the ESSA state climatologist at award banquet in the main ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel, Boston, Mass., since 1965, Washington, D. C., on 13 February. was awarded the Department John W. Hertel was selected as official in charge at the of Commerce Bronze Medal Cold Bay, Alaska, weather station. Mr. Hertel was recently on 14 January "for more in the Weather Bureau Pacific Region as OIC at Truk, than 12 years of very distin- Guam, Canton, Yap, and Pago Pago. guished and dedicated cli- matological guidance and Dr. Joshua Holland has joined the BOMEX scientific staff service to research communi- to serve as chief scientist of the Sea-Air Interaction Program. ties and the public of the Dr. Holland is on leave from the Atomic Energy Commis- Boston metropolitan area sion, where for the past 12 years he has directed major re- and the states of Maine, search programs on atmospheric transport and dispersion Boston Globe photo Massachusetts, New Hamp- processes. Before going to AEC he was with the Weather shire, and Vermont." A state Bureau engaged in research on micrometeorology, turbu- climatologist normally services only one state. lence and diffusion, and the application of meteorology in Having completed studies at the University of Illinois, the environmental safety sector of the nuclear power reactor John E. Lewis, Jr., is now in the Department of Geography, development program. University of Maryland, College Park, Md,

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Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/07/21 06:01 AM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society Apologies are due to Newton A. Lienrance, ESSA director of Avia- tion Affairs, who was listed in the The Casella January issue of the BULLETIN with the winners of the Department of Sensitive Anemometer Commerce Silver Medal. Mr. Lieu- for rance was awarded the Depart- ment's Gold Medal by Secretary of Commerce C. R. Smith at cere- Micrometeorological monies in Washington on 29 Oc- Measurements tober 1968. Mr. Lieurance holds many important positions in aviation affairs. He is presi- dent of the WMO's Commission on Aeronautical Meteorol- • Low starting speed: ogy, and is a member of the NASA Research and Technology 0.1 m/sec. Advisory Subcommittee on Aircraft Operating Problems, • Range: 0.1 to IS the General Aviation Committee of the National Safety Council, the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation m/sec. Technical Committee, the French-Anglo-United States Super- • Linear calibration sonic Transport (FAUSST) Group, and the Panel of Experts on WMO-ICAO Relationships. • Remote Indication feasible with bat- A certificate of appreciation was awarded by the National tery-operated coun- Aeronautics and Space Administration to University-NASA ter unit. Scientific and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) member, Dr. Gordon J. F. MacDonald, in connection with the Apollo 8 program. No. 442-1 ESSA length-of-service awards were recently announced for the following AMS members: 35-year Martin McGurrin, SCIENCE ASSOCIATES San Francisco, Calif.; 30-year Guardello R. Bacon, Salt Lake City, Utah, Samuel W. Chambers, Dodge City, Kan., Kenneth Representing C. F. Casella & Co., Ltd./London A. Rice, Boise, Idaho, Halbert E. Root, Salt Lake City, Utah, 230 Nassau St. Princeton, N.J. 08540 and Byron A. Young, Salt Lake City, Utah; 25-year John A. Schwab, Denver, Colo., and Jacqueline Wonsetler, Flagstaff, Ariz.

Martin McGurrin Dr. Banner I. Miller of Samuel W. Chambers Kenneth A. Rice the Prediction Development Branch, National Hurricane Research Laboratory, En- vironmental Research Lab- oratories, ESSA, Miami, Fla., was among those awarded the Department of Com- merce Silver Medal at cere- monies in Washington, D. C., last October. Dr. Miller re- ceived the award "for his valuable contributions in develop- ing improved techniques for forecasting movement of hurri- canes." A native of North Carolina, Dr. Miller has been en- gaged in hurricane research at Miami since 1956. He ob- Halbert E. Root Byron A. Young tained the Ph.D. in meteorology at the University of Chicago.

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Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/07/21 06:01 AM UTC Vol. 50, No. 4, April 1969 Russell K. Pierce, Jr., com- Leo J. Tick recently transferred from the Engineering mander of the Air Weather Research Division, New York University, to the Department Service, Scott AFB, 111., has of Radiology, New York University Medical Center. recently been promoted Gabor Vali obtained the Ph.D. at McDonald College, Mc- from brigadier general Gill University, Montreal, in 1968 and is continuing on in to major general. General the College as assistant professor in the Department of Pierce entered the Army Air Agricultural Physics. Corps in 1941 and, while serving as a combat pilot about our corporation members in the Middle East, was Atlantic Research Corporation, which began in 1949 with awarded the Silver Star, the two scientists in a warehouse laboratory and $1000 in Distinguished Flying Cross, capital, celebrated its 20th anniversary on 24 January. and the Air Medal with oak leaf cluster. In 1946, he at- From a small chemical research laboratory it has grown tended the Command and to a major research and development and manufacturing General Staff College at Fort organization with operations at some 11 locations through- Leavenworth, Kan., and in 1947 attended the Weather Of- out the country and 3900 employees, many of whom are ficers' School at Chanute AFB, 111. He has served continu- professionals. Today the company is a division of The ously with the Air Weather Service since 1947 and assumed Susquehanna Corporation. command of AWS in 1965. The firm's first technical achievement came within its Edward J. Pluhowski, research hydrologist with the U. S. first year, when it developed a new solid-propellant for Geological Survey, Arlington, Va., completed all requirements rockets. During the 1960's it has become a leading pro- for the Ph.D. in environmental engineering at the Johns ducer of technical and sounding rockets, and of control Hopkins University in November 1968. rockets for missiles and spacecraft. Atlantic Research early At the request of the ESSA Environmental Data Service, became active in other areas of research and technology, Dr. Norman J. Rosenberg, professor of agricultural climatol- developing geophysical instruments and electromechanical ogy, University of Nebraska, spent December 1968 in India devices, and expanding its research capabilities across the reviewing possibilities in agricultural meteorology at the physical sciences. Its Research Division is engaged in ap- Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodphur, the Indian plied research over a broad spectrum ranging from space Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, and the Indian studies to pollution control. Meteorological Observatories, Poona. Within its newly established Environmental Sciences Dr. Eugene M. Shoemaker, since 1961 chief scientist, Branch Group, EG&G has formed an Environmental Sciences Di- of Astrogeology, U. S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Ariz., is vision with Eugene Bollay as general manager. The division now with the Division of Geological Sciences, California In- has three operating elements: Climet Instruments Operations, stitute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. Dr. Shoemaker joined headed by Rui Lopes; Cambridge Systems Operations, under the USGS in 1948 and was the organizer of the Astrogeology Branch. David Beaubien; and Environmental Services Operations, Dr. Frederick G. Shuman, director of the National Me- managed by Dr. Larry G. Davis. Climet Instruments Opera- teorological Center, ESSA, attended the WMO/IUGG Sym- tions was recently engaged in the design and manufacture posium on Numerical Weather Prediction, held in Tokyo, of a computer-controlled, multiple-station system to monitor Japan, in December. Dr. Shuman discussed the NMC opera- air pollution in the Denver metropolitan area. The con- tional model, future plans, and described a recent numerical tract with the City and County of Denver covers system experiment. design and installation, plus the training of technical op- In February, Dr. Robert Simpson, director of the National erating personnel employed by the City of Denver. In Hurricane Center, ESSA, presented a paper on "Hurricane addition to a computerized data acquisition center located research warnings and modification." Dr. Joanne Simpson, in the downtown area of the city, the system includes stra- chief, Experimental Meteorology Branch, Atmospheric Phys- tegically located field stations containing gaseous pollutant ics and Chemistry Laboratory, ESSA, presented a paper on sensors and telemetering equipment. Initially five stations "Cumulus modification experiment." Both papers were given will be activated, but the system is designed to accommodate as part of a seminar at Catholic University's Department of 36 field installations. Space Science and Applied Physics. Bollay Associates, Inc., a subsidiary of EG&G, in Janu- Prof. Rodman E. Snead has left the Department of Geog- ary began regular programs for fog dispersal at the Los raphy, Clark University, Worcester, Mass., to join the faculty Angeles International Airport and at the new Metropolitan of the Department of Geography, University of New Mexico Airport in Sacramento, Calif. The Bollay scientists reported at Albuquerque, N. Mex. successes at both locations. Seeding with hygroscopic nuclei H. C. S. Thom, senior research fellow at the Environ- from a single light aircraft at the Los Angeles field on 7 mental Data Service, ESSA, attended a meeting of the High- January extended the visibility from less than 1000 ft way Research Board Committee on Environmental Factors (304 m) to about 3000 ft (914 m) in three minutes and per- Except Frost, held in Washington, D. C., in January. The mitted the takeoff of several 4-engine jet cargo planes committee met to plan a conference session on moisture which had been grounded by fog and were standing by. conditions under paved surfaces for the January 1970 board Similar dispersal was effected at Sacramento. Operations meeting. at both air terminals are continuing.

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