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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.
Walter Orr Roberts was a graduate student under Donald Menzel at Harvard, and helped him set up a solar telescope at the Oak Ridge Station of Harvard College Observatory. In 1939, Menzel located a site for a western station in the Colorado mountains.
NCAR Director Dates in office Walter Orr Roberts: 1960–1968 John W. Firor: 1968–1974 Francis P. Bretherton: 1974–1980 Wilmot N. Hess: 1980–1986 Richard A. Anthes: 1986–1988 Robert Serafin: 1989–2000 Timothy L. Killeen: 2000–2008 Eric J. Barron: 2008–2010 Roger M. Wakimoto: 2010–2013 Maura Hagan: 2013 (interim director) James W ...
In 1960 the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) appointed Walter Orr Roberts as the founding director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and designated the Table Mesa below the Flatirons sandstone cliffs as its laboratory site. [3]
UCAR and NCAR are headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, spread across four campuses. Ancillary activities take place in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Washington, D.C., and in about 15 other states. Walter Orr Roberts was UCAR's first president. Antonio J. Busalacchi Jr. has been UCAR president since August 2016.
Eric Roberts is offering his regrets to sister Julia Roberts. "The Dark Knight" actor opened up about the public feud with his fellow actor and sibling in a new memoir, "Runaway Train," which ...
In 1964, he was invited by Walter Orr Roberts to join NCAR as director of the Laboratory of Atmospheric Sciences. He was a chief organizer of the international Study of Man's Impact on Climate (SMIC) held in Sweden in 1971.
Roberts, who was just announced as one of the celebrity competitors on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars, is the son of Walter Roberts and Betty Lou Bredemus, who ran a progressive ...