Vincent E. Lally, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vincent E. Lally

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 20-Sep-2005

Profession: meteorologist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Vincent E.
Lally (October 13, 1922 – September 20, 2005) received a B.S.
in Meteorology from the University of Chicago in 1944.
After service in the Pacific as a meteorologist and radar officer in the Army Air Corps, Lally returned to M.I.T.
where he received the degrees of B.S.
in Electrical Engineering in 1948 and M.S, in Engineering Administration in 1949.
From 1951 to 1958 he worked at the Geophysics Research Directorate of the Air Force Cambridge Research Center where he was the leader of the meteorological equipment development program for the Air Force.
From 1958 to 1961 he was manager of research at Teledynamics, Inc., and then accepted appointment at the newly formed National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) as Director of the National Scientific Balloon Facility.
In 1965 he established the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) to develop long-duration balloons.