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1917, May 23 Born, West Hartford, Conn. 1938 A.B. in mathematics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 1940 A.M. in mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1942 1946 Weather forecaster, United States Army Air Forces 1948 Sc.D in meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Married Jane Loban 1955 1956 Assistant professor of meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1961 Discovered deterministic chaos while working with computer models of weather systems 1956 1962 Associate professor of meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1962 1987 Professor of meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1977 1981 Head, Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1981 1987 Emeritus status, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1983 Awarded Crafoord Prize, Stockholm, Sweden 1987 Retired, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1991 Awarded Kyoto Prize, Kyoto, Japan 2008, Apr. 16 Died, Cambridge, Mass. From the guide to the Edward N. Lorenz Papers, circa 1895-2009, (bulk 1942-1991), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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