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Interviewee | Collection Sort ascending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Marian Haurwitz | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On October 26, 1993, Julius London interviewed Marian Haurwitz regarding her late husband, Bernhard Haurwitz, his career, and personal anecdotes from their life together. The discussion touches on Marian's first meeting with Bernhard in 1960 and their subsequent marriage in 1961, after which they traveled to Munich, where Bernhard worked as a visiting professor at the Geophysical Institute. |
Julius London | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Philip Thompson | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
Philip D. Thompson, meteorologist, is interviewed by Joseph Tribbia and Akira Kasahara on December 15-16, 1987, as part of the American Meteorological Society's Tape Recorded Interview Project. The conversation details Thompson's early influences and the formative experiences that shaped his career in meteorology. Growing up in Rossville, Indiana, he was exposed to scientific thinking through his father, a biologist, and his early interest in the natural world was fostered during childhood, particularly through experiences on laboratory boats. |
Joseph Tribbia | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Joachim P. Kuettner | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On October 21, 1994, Will Kellogg interviewed Joachim P. Kuettner at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Kuettner reflects on significant aspects of his career, including his pioneering work on atmospheric and oceanic phenomena. He discusses his early scientific interests, influenced by experiences as a glider pilot, which led to his research on atmospheric electricity, mountain waves, and cloud formations. |
William Kellogg | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Warren M. Washington | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On October 22, 2008, Rajul Pandya and Aaron Andersen interviewed Dr. Warren M. Washington in Boulder, Colorado, for the American Meteorological Society’s Tape Recorded Interview Project. Dr. Washington discusses his early life in Portland, Oregon, and his educational journey at Oregon State University, where he pursued physics and atmospheric sciences despite challenges faced as an African American during the civil rights era. |
Rajul Pandaya, Aaron Andersen | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Eric B. Kraus | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On October 28 and November 6, 1987, Chester Newton interviewed Professor Eric B. Kraus for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the American Meteorological Society's oral history project. Kraus discusses his early life, including his birth in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, in 1912, and his education in Switzerland and Vienna before pivoting from business to meteorology. Influenced by travel experiences and interactions with figures in science, Kraus pursued studies in meteorology, eventually assisting prominent meteorologists in Bergen, Norway, just before World War II. |
Chester Newton | , | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
Askel C. Wiin-Nielsen | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On June 29, 1987, Joseph Tribbia, Warren Washington, and Akira Kasahara interviewed Aksel Wiin-Nielsen at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, for the AMS Tape Recorded Interview Project. Wiin-Nielsen discusses his early life, education, and influences, including the significant role his father played in shaping his interest in mathematics and physics. He recounts his academic journey at the University of Copenhagen, his early teaching experiences, and his introduction to meteorology under Ragnar Fjortoft. |
Joseph Tribbia, Warren Washington, Akira Kasahara | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Vincent E. Lally | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On July 13, 1993, Will Kellogg interviewed Vincent E. Lally in Boulder, Colorado, for the American Meteorological Society's Tape Recorded Interview Project. In the interview, Lally reflects on his career in meteorology and atmospheric science, beginning with his education in Brookline, Massachusetts, and subsequent studies at Boston College and MIT. He recounts his involvement in radar operations during World War II and later roles developing meteorological instruments, initially at the Friez Instrument Division and subsequently with the U.S. |
William Kellogg | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Donald H. Lenschow | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
Interview on August 28, 2006 |
Bjorn Stevens | , , , , | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
Jerry Mahlman | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
Robert Chervin interviewed Dr. Jerry Mahlman at the NCAR Foothills Laboratory for the Tape Recorded Interview Project sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Mahlman reflects on his early life, highlighting formative influences from his family and early work experiences. He discusses his upbringing in Crawford, Nebraska, during the Great Depression and his fascination with severe weather and science, which began in childhood. |
Robert Chervin | , , , , , | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
Chester Newton | American Meteorological Society Oral History Project |
On June 25, 1990, Earl Droessler interviewed Dr. Chester Newton at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, for the American Meteorological Society's Tape Recorded Interview Project. Newton discusses his accidental entry into meteorology, beginning as a U.S. Weather Bureau observer in Phoenix in 1939, and his subsequent career trajectory. He reflects on his wartime service as an aviation cadet trained in meteorology at the University of Chicago, his forecasting duties in India, and his post-war academic achievements, including a Ph.D. |
Earl Droessler | Boulder, CO | American Meteorological Society, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |