Background
Hosler, Charles Luther was born on June 3, 1924 in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Luther and Miriam Deichley (Stauffer) Hosler.
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Charles Luther Hosler
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Student, Bucknell U., 1943-1944; student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944-1945; Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1947; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1951.
Career
Faculty, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1948;
professor meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, since 1960;
head department, Pennsylvania State University, 1961-1965;
dean College Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 1965-1985;
senior vice president research, dean Graduate School, Pennsylvania State University, 1985-1992. Hydrographer Pennsylvania Department Forests and Waters, 1949-1959. Meteorological consultant, since 1950, visiting professor colleges, lecturer civic and professional groups.
Conductor daily television weather program, 1957-1967. Special research microphysics of clouds. Chairman of the Board atmospheric science and climate National Academy Sciences, 1984-1986.
Member National Science Board, 1985-1994. Member of national advising committee on oceans and atmosphere. Chairman of the board of trustees University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1981-1985.
Achievements
Membership
Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Lieutenant commander Reserve. Fellow American Meteorological Society (councilor, president 1976).
Member National Academy Engineering, American Geophysical Union American Chemical Society (regional lecturer 1971-1972), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi (president Pennsylvania State University 1958, national lecturer 1972), Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Gladys Cheesbrough, 1947 (divorced). Children:Sharon Elizabeth, David Charles, Lynn Rebecca, Peter William. Married Anna R. Stahel, 1971.
