James Murdoch Austin
James M. Austin | |
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Born | |
Known for | Meteorology of air pollution |
Spouse | Pauline Morrow Austin |
Children |
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Awards | Medal of Freedom |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics and Meteorology |
Institutions | MIT |
Thesis | Fronts and frontogenesis in relation to vorticity (1941) |
Doctoral advisor | Sverre Petterssen |
Doctoral students | Edward Norton Lorenz |
James Murdoch Austin (May 25, 1915 – November 26, 2000)
Early life and education
Austin was born in
Personal life
Austin was married for 59 years to Dr. Pauline Morrow Austin, who for years directed the MIT Weather Radar project. Their two daughters are Doris A. Price of Annapolis, Maryland, and Carol T. West of Gainesville, Florida.[2]
Career
Austin was a professor of meteorology at MIT from 1941-83.[2] He was also the first director of MIT's Summer Session, holding that position from 1956-83.[2]
As a forecaster during
He consulted for major power companies in the nation's first efforts to control pollution from energy-generating plants.
Austin was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955.[5] He was a former secretary of the American Meteorological Society.[2]
Death
As a resident of Concord, Massachusetts, James M. Austin died on November 26, 2000, aged 85.[2]
Books by Austin
- Bernhard Haurwitz and James M. Austin, Climatology, New York, London, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1944.
References
- ^ "James M Austin". Social Security Death Index. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
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- ^ "James Murdoch Austin". Index to Naturalization Petitions and Records of the U.S. District Court, 1906-1966, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911, for the District of Massachusetts. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.(subscription required)
- ^ Landergan, Katherine (2011-10-12). "Pauline Austin; developed weather radar after WWII". The Boston Globe. Obituaries. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-14. Retrieved 27 April 2011.