Harry Wexler Papers 1929-1962

Tiros I (Satellite)

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Houghton, Henry G

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Harris, Oren, 1903-1997

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U.S. Representative for the fourth Arkansas district, 1941-1966. Member and chairman, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1943-1966 and 1956-1966. From the description of Oren Harris congressional papers, 1926-1966. (University of Arkansas - Fayetteville). WorldCat record id: 29266149 ...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Scienc...

Harris, Oren, 1903-

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United States Antarctic Expedition (1954-1959)

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Baum, Werner A.

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Werner A. Baum was born in Germany on April 10, 1923 and became a naturalized citizen in 1934. Baum was the seventh president of the University of Rhode Island, serving from July 5, 1968 to August 14, 1973. He earned all of his academic degrees from the University of Chicago; a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1943, a Master of Science degree in Meteorology in 1944, and a doctorate in Meteorology in 1948. Baum came to the presidency of the University of Rhode Island...

Odishaw, Hugh.

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Odishaw was Executive Director of the Space Science Board. From the description of Space Probe Sterilization : memo to T. Keith Glennan, NASA Administrator, 1959 Sep 14. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733096449 ...

Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957

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John (Johann) Louis von Neumann (1903-1957) was born in Budapest and showed early signs of being a child prodigy. He entered the University of Budapest in 1921, but also attended the University of Berlin and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology before obtaining a degree in chemical engineering in 1925. He earned his Doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Budapest in 1927. After graduation, he worked at the University of Berlin before becoming a visiting professor to Princeton from ...

Brooks, Charles Franklin, 1891-1958

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Brooks graduated from Harvard in 1911 and taught meteorology at Harvard. From the description of Letters from Harvard undergraduate Charles Franklin Brooks to his parents, 1908-1910. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77067776 Charles Franklin Brooks (1891-1958) earned his Harvard AB in 1911, his AM in 1912, and his Ph.D. in 1914 and taught meteorology at Harvard. He was born on May 2, 1891 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Morgan Brooks and Frona Marie Brooks. His Harvard Ph...

Dryden, Hugh L. (Hugh Latimer), 1898-1965

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Aeronautical engineer. From the description of Reminiscences of Hugh Latimer Dryden : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131398 Dryden was the Deputy Administrator of NASA. From the description of Decontamination and Sterilization of Spacecraft : letter to Dr. Phillip Abelson, Director, Geophysical Laboratory, 1961 Mar 10. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733099428 ...

United States. Air Weather Service

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Reichelderfer, Francis W. (Francis Wilton), 1895-1983

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U.S. Navy officer and meteorologist. From the description of Papers of Francis W. Reichelderfer, 1918-1983 (bulk 1939-1967). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80974415 From the description of Papers, 1918-1983 (bulk 1939-1967). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28416022 Biographical Note 1895, Aug. 6 Born, Harlan, Ind. ...

Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004

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Fred Lawrence Whipple was an astronomer, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1956. From the description of Correspondence, 1965-1975. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122579023 From the guide to the Fred Lawrence Whipple correspondence, 1965-1975, 1965-1975, (American Philosophical Society) Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906- ), an astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), was noted for his research and...

Hunsaker, Jerome Clarke, 1886-1984

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Jerome Clarke Hunsaker was an aeronautical engineer and designer. Born in Creston, Iowa in 1886, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy and later received a Doctorate of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Hunsaker was posted as Chief, Aircraft Division, Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department from 1916–1921. He became Chief of the Design Division in 1921, where he designed the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first rigid airship constructed in the...

Wexler, Harry, 1911-1962

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Geophysicist and meteorologist. From the description of Harry Wexler papers, 1929-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066519 ...

Houghton, Henry G.

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United States. Weather Bureau

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From 1947 until 1970, the official observations of weather in Boulder were made under the direction of the Boulder fire chief, at the central fire station. The Boulder Fire Department also maintained a weather station at the South Side Fire Station starting in July 1958. Prior to 1947, observations were made from the homes of volunteering citizens of Boulder. (Cf. station history in BHS 351 b1 f6.). From the description of Voluntary oberserver's meteorological record, Boulder, Colo. ...