Joanne Simpson
Joanne Simpson | |
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Tropical meteorology and tropical cyclone research | |
Spouses | |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Meteorology |
Thesis | Certain Features of Undisturbed and Disturbed Weather in the Trade-Wind Region (1949) |
Doctoral advisor | Herbert Riehl |
Joanne Simpson (formerly Joanne Malkus, born Joanne Gerould; March 23, 1923 – March 4, 2010) was the first woman in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in
Academic life
Her teaching and research career at universities includes time at the University of Chicago,
Research
In 1958, Malkus collaborated with
By 1966, she became the director of
Awards
- 1954 Received the Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1962 Melsinger Award from the American Meteorological Society (AMS)
- 1963 Selected by the Los Angeles Times as "Woman of the Year" in Science.[5]
- 1967 Won a Department of Commerce Silver Medal for her work with the Experimental Meteorology Branch.[8]
- 1968 Elected a fellow of the AMS.[9]
- 1983 Recipient of the AMS's Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, its highest honor, for "outstanding contributions to man's understanding of the structure of the atmosphere."
- 2002 Awarded the prestigious International Meteorological Organization Prize from the World Meteorological Organization.[10]
- 2021 American Meteorological Society established the Joanne Simpson Tropical Meteorology Research Award granted to researchers who make outstanding contributions to advancing the understanding of the physics and dynamics of the tropical atmosphere. The inaugural recipient was Kerry H. Cook.
Personal
She is quoted as saying winning the Rossby Medal in 1983 made her feel "it isn't really so ridiculous that I did all of this. I'm not really a freak; I am a member of the community."
Yet, poignantly, in an article published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, she was quoted as saying "I am not convinced that either the position, rewards or achievements have been worth the cost. My personal and married life and child raising have surely suffered from the professional attainments I have achieved."
Her brother Daniel C. Gerould was the Lucille Lortel Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, City University of New York and Director of Publications of the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center. Her husband was hurricane expert Robert Simpson. Her former husband Willem Van Rensselaer Malkus (1923-2016) was a professor of applied mathematics at MIT.
Simpson died March 4, 2010, in Washington D.C., surrounded by her family.
References
- ^ "Welcome to the University of Chicago College Report Online". Magazine.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- S2CID 4897945.
- ^ Atlas D and Lemone MA (2011) Joanne Simpson, Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, 15, 368-375.
- ^ Gutro, Rob (2005). "Meet Dr. Joanne Simpson: Chief Scientist Emeritus for Meteorology, Earth Sun Exploration Division". nasa.gov. Retrieved 19 May 2016.[dead link]
- ^ a b Herbert Leib (October 1966). "Joanne Simpson" (PDF). ESSA World: 7.
- ^ Riehl, H.; Malkus, J.S. (1958). "On the heat balance in the equatorial trough zone". Geophysica. 6: 503–538.
- ^ Herbert Leib (October 1966). "Project Stormfury" (PDF). ESSA World: 4.
- ^ Staff (April 1967). "23 Medals Awarded to ESSA Employees". ESSA World: 34–35.
- ^ Staff (April 1968). "ESSA Scientists Receive Honors" (PDF). ESSA World: 33.
- ^ "Winners of the IMO Prize". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
Further reading
- Simpson's private citizen statement
- Simpson's NASA biography
- Street, Julie (4 January 2020). "Two pioneering scientists who changed how we think about the climate". ABC Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Breaking Through the Clouds: The Sometimes Turbulent Life of Meteorologist Joanne Simpson, Sandra Nickel and Helena Perez Garcia, New York: Henry N. Abrams (2022).
- Article by Simpson on global warming issues
- Grand Times article on Simpson
- Another NASA biography
- Keeping her head in the clouds USA Today 04/13/00
- Joanne Simpson, 1923-2010. NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day March 9, 2010.
- Obituary: Joanne Simpson (1923–2010), Nature News, by Robert A. Houze, Jr
- Obituary: Joanne Malkus Simpson, 86, Washington Post, Monday, March 8, 2010
- Papers of Joanne Simpson, 1890-2010. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
- OCLC 1141511942.)
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