Background
Little, Charles Gordon was born on November 4, 1924 in Liuyang, Hunan, China. Son of Charles Deane and Caroline Joan (Crawford) Little.
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Charles Gordon Little
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Bachelor of Science with honors in Physics, U. Manchester, England, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy in Radio Astronomy, U. Manchester, 1952.
Career
Junior engineer, Cosmos Manufacturing Company Ltd., Enfield, Middlesex., England, 1944-1946; junior physicist, Ferranti Ltd., Manchester, Lancashire., England, 1946-1947; assistant lecturer, U. Manchester, 1952-1953; professor department geophysics, U. Alaska, 1954-1958; deputy director Geophysical Institute, U. Alaska, 1954-1958; consultant Ionosphere Radio Propagation Laboratory, unites states department Commerce National Bureau Standards, Boulder, Colorado, 1958-1960; chief Upper Atmosphere and Space Physics division, unites states department Commerce National Bureau Standards, Boulder, Colorado, 1960-1962; director Central Radio Propagation Laboratory, unites states department Commerce National Bureau Standards, Boulder, Colorado, 1962-1965; director Institute Telecommunication Science and Aeronomy,, Environmental Science Services Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 1965-1967; director Wave Propagation Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (formerly Environmental Science Services Administrator), Boulder, Colorado, 1967-1986; senior UCAR fellow, Naval Environmental Prediction Research Facility, Monterey, California, 1987-1989; George J. Haltiner research professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, 1989-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Meteorological Society (Cleveland Abbe award 1984). Member National Academy of Engineering, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (R.M. Losey Atmos. Science award 1992).
Connections
Married Mary Zughaib, August 21, 1954. Children: Deane, Joan, Katherine, Margaret, Patricia.
