Horace R. Byers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Horace R. Byers

American meteorologist

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1906

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States

Date of Death: 22-May-1998

Profession: reporter, meteorologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Horace R. Byers

  • Horace Robert Byers (March 12, 1906 – May 22, 1998) was an American meteorologist who pioneered in aviation meteorology, synoptic weather analysis (weather forecasting), severe convective storms, cloud physics, and weather modification.
  • Byers is most well known for his work as director of U.S.
  • Weather Bureau's Thunderstorm Project in which, among other things, the modern cell morphology and life cycle of a thunderstorm were established.
  • He is also known for his professional involvement with Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby and Tetsuya Theodore Fujita.
  • During high school Byers developed a strong interest in journalism and worked as a reporter around the San Francisco Bay area, full-time for a year after graduation and then part-time while at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • At university he became acquainted with science in the geography department and chose atmospheric sciences as his career.
  • He graduated with an A.B.
  • degree in geography in 1929, afterward studying meteorology under Rossby and Hurd C.
  • Willett at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on a fellowship from the Daniel Guggenheim Fund, receiving his M.S.
  • in 1932 with the thesis The Air Masses of the North Pacific.
  • In 1934 he earned an Alfred P.
  • Sloan Fellowship to study meteorology, attaining his Sc.D.
  • in 1935 with the dissertation The Changes in Air Masses During Lifting. Byers joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1940, eventually helping establish the Department of Meteorology.
  • There he developed internationally renowned work during his 25-year tenure, about half of that as chairperson of the department, including work on cloud seeding with Louis J.
  • Battan.
  • In 1965 he moved to Texas A&M University (TAMU) and was the first dean of geosciences until his retirement in 1974.
  • He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), president of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (IAMAP).

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