Meteorologist Joanne (Gerould) Simpson was born near Boston, Mass., on March 23, 1923, the elder of two children of Russell and Virginia Gerould. Her mother campaigned for women's rights and worked in journalism and public relations; her father was aviation editor of the Boston Herald. A graduate of the University of Chicago (B.S. 1943, M.S. 1945, Ph.D. 1949), she has taught at the Illinois Institute of Technology, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Miami, and the University of Virginia. She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in meteorology and the first woman president of the American Meteorological Society. As chief scientist for meteorology at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., she was in charge of a project to measure rainfall over the global tropics.
From the description of Papers, 1973-1990 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122566036
Joanne Simpson (1923- ) Meteorology. Head, severe storms branch, 1979-1988, Chief Scientist, Meteorology and Earth Science Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, from 1988.
From the description of Oral history interview with Joanne Simpson, 2000 August 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79074278
