Cecil Eldon Leith

Background

Leith, Cecil Eldon was born on January 31, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Cecil Eldon and Elizabeth (Benedict) Leith.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of California at, Berkeley, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at, Berkeley, 1957.

Career

Experimental physicist, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, 1946-1952; theoretical physicist, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1952-1968; senior scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1968-1983; division director, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1977-1981; physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (California), 1983-1990. Symons Memorial lecturer Royal Meteorological Society, London, 1978. Chairman of Commission onatmospheric science National Research Council, 1978-1980, science program evaluation committee University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1991-1996.

Member joint science committee world climate research program World Meteorological Organization and International Council Science.Unions, 1976-1983. Member program advising committee Office Advanced Science Computing, National Science Foundation, 1984-1985.

Achievements

• Cecil Eldon Leith has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow American Physical Society, American Meteorological Society (Meisinger award 1967, Rossby research medal 1982).

Connections

Married Mary Louise Henry, July 18, 1942. Children: Ann, John, Paul.

Father:

Cecil Eldon Leith

Mother:

Elizabeth (Benedict) Leith

Spouse:

Mary Louise Henry

child:

John Leith

child:

Paul Leith

child:

Ann Leith