Alexis Boris Long

Background

Long, Alexis Boris was born on September 9, 1944 in New York City. Son of Robert Long and Mary Elizabeth Fisk.

Education

Bachelor, Reed College, 1965; Master of Science, Syracuse University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Arizona, 1972.

Career

Graduate associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration trainee, research assistant, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1966-1972; National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow division cloud physics, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Sydney, NSW., Australia, 1972-1973; research associate, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1973-1975; design and evaluation group head, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, 1975-1979; associate research scientist, lecturer department meteorology, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1979-1981; principal research scientist division atmospheric research, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Victoria., Australia, 1987-1993; associate research professor, Atmospheric Sciences Center, Reno, since 1981.

Achievements

• Alexis Boris Long has been listed as a notable Weather modification scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Meteorological Society. Member American Meteorological Society (certified consultant meteorologist since 1984, commission on cloud physics 1976-1982), American Geophysical Union, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, surfing, cycling.

Connections

Married Loretto Margaret Crowe, September 7, 1974. Children: Leonora Elizabeth, Andrew Alexis, Louisa Margaret.

Father:

Robert Long Fisk

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth Fisk

Spouse:

Loretto Margaret Crowe

child:

Louisa Margaret Long

child:

Leonora Elizabeth Long

child:

Andrew Alexis Long