John von Neumann

John von Neumann

male, deceased (1957)
genius, universal constructor, convert to Roman Catholicism, Pancreatic cancer death, Bone cancer death, American…RossbyMedalist
John von Neumann (born Margittai Neumann János Lajos on December 28, 1903 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary; died February 8, 1957 in Washington D.C., U...
Carl-Gustaf Rossby

Carl-Gustaf Rossby

male, deceased (1957)
polar front, Lindenberg Observatory, Sweden-America Foundation, brandenburg, RossbyMedalist, Bergen School of Meteorology…Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby, Rossby wave
Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby (Stockholm 28 December, 1898 - Stockholm 19 August, 1957) was a Swedish-U.S. meteorologist who first explained the...
Bert R. Bolin

Bert R. Bolin

male, 84 years old
RossbyMedalist, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Bert R. Bolin, Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, Climate Research, climatology
Bert R. Bolin (born 15 March1925) is a Swedish meteorologist who served as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from 1988 to...
Jerome Namias

Jerome Namias

male, deceased (1997)
RossbyMedalist, weather forecasting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, World War II, ALLIES, gold medal
Jerome Namias was a U.S. meteorologist, whose research included "El Niño". Namias was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up in Fall River, M...
Jule Gregory Charney

Jule Gregory Charney

male, deceased (1981)
RossbyMedalist, Rossby wave, weather prediction, planetary-scale waves, Baroclinic Instability, weather forecasting
Jule Gregory Charney (January 1, 1917 - June 16, 1981) was an American meteorologist who played an important role in developing weather prediction....
Harry Wexler

Harry Wexler

male, deceased (1962)
Harvard University alumni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, RossbyMedalist, antarctic, Meteorologist, World War II
Harry Wexler (1911-August 11, 1962) was an American meteorologist. He attended Harvard University, and in 1939 he was awarded a Ph.D. in...
Joseph Smagorinsky

Joseph Smagorinsky

male, deceased (2005)
RossbyMedalist, Death from Parkinson's Disease, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Large Eddy Simulation
Joseph Smagorinsky (29 January 1924 - 21 September 2005) was an American meteorologist and the first director of the National Oceanic and...
Jerry D. Mahlman

Jerry D. Mahlman

male, 69 years old (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
American, RossbyMedalist, scientist, Jerry Mahlman, national center for atmospheric research, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Jerry Mahlman (b. February 21, 1940) is an American meteorologist and climatologist. Mahlman received his undergraduate degree from Chadron State...
Edward Norton Lorenz

Edward Norton Lorenz

male, 92 years old
Chaos theorist, mathematician, Butterfly Effect, chaos theory, American, Meteorologist…RossbyMedalist
Edward Norton Lorenz (born May 23 1917) is an American mathematician and meteorologist, and an early pioneer of the chaos theory. He discovered the...
Jacob Bjerknes

Jacob Bjerknes

male, deceased (1975)
Norwegian cyclone model, RossbyMedalist, Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes, Fronts, weather front, National Medal of Science recipient
Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes (November 2, 1897, Stockholm, Sweden - July 7, 1975, Los Angeles, California) was a Norwegian-American meteorologist....