Werner A. Baum

Werner A. Baum
Born(1923-04-10)April 10, 1923
Geissen, Hesse, Germany
DiedSeptember 4, 1999(1999-09-04) (aged 76)
Tallahassee, Florida, US
Known forSeventh president of University of Rhode Island;
Second chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
SpouseShirley Lorraine (Bowman) Baum (m. 19 Jan 1945)[2]
Children2
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (B.S. Mathematics 1943)
University of Chicago (M.S. Meteorology 1944)
University of Chicago (Ph.D. 1948)
Husson College (D.P.A., 1972)
Mount Saint Joseph College (Sc.D. honoris causa 1971)
University of Rhode Island (Sc.D., honoris causa 1974)[1]
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago (1943-1947)
University of Maryland (1947-1949)
Florida State University (1949-1963)
University of Miami (1963-1965)
New York University (1965-1967)
Environmental Science Services Administration-U.S. Department of Commerce (1967-1968)
University of Rhode Island (president 1968-1973)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (chancellor 1973-1979)
Florida State University (1979-1990)

Werner A. Baum (1923–1999)[3] was the 2nd chancellor of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1973-1979)[4] and the 7th president of University of Rhode Island (1968-1973).[5] Baum was a meteorologist by training and served as the president of the American Meteorological Society from 1977 to 1978.[6]

  1. ^ University of Rhode Island Commencement Program 1974
  2. ^ Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
  3. ^ Thomas Gleeson. "Werner A. Baum". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: 339.
  4. ^ Past chancellors Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  5. ^ History of the URI Presidency, University of Rhode Island
  6. ^ Droessler, E. (1 Dec 1989). "Interview of Werner Baum" (PDF). American Meteorological Society. Retrieved 21 Aug 2023.