Walter Orr Roberts | |
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| Born | August 20, 1915 West Bridgwater, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 12, 1990 (aged 74) Boulder, Colorado |
| Alma mater | Amherst College, B.A. 1938 (physics) Harvard University, M.A. 1940, Ph.D. 1943 (astronomy) |
| Spouse | Janet Naomi Smock |
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| Awards | Phi Beta Kappa, 1938
Hodgkins Medal, Smithsonian Institution, 1973 International Environmental Leadership Medal, United Nations, 1982 United Nations Environment Programme, North American Leadership Medal, 1989[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | 1946–1961 Director, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder and Climax, Colorado
1956–1990 Professor of Astrogeophysics, University of Colorado (active, on leave or emeritus) 1960–1968 Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research 1960–1973 Chief Executive Officer and President, University Corporation for Scientific Research 1968–1969 President, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1974–1981 Director, program on Food, Climate and the World's Future, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies[2] |
Walter Orr Roberts (August 20, 1915 – March 12, 1990) was an American astronomer and atmospheric physicist, as well as an educator, philanthropist, and builder.[3] He founded the National Center for Atmospheric Research and took a personal research interest for many years in the study of influences of the Sun on weather and climate.
- ^ Remembering Walt Roberts. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1991, p.217
- ^ Remembering Walt Roberts. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1991, p.216
- ^ Eddy, J.A. (1992). Walter Orr Roberts (1915–1990). Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 24, 1331. 10.3847/BAASOBIT1992012 [1]