Charles Martin Platt

Background

Platt, Charles Martin was born on November 14, 1932 in Salisbury, Zimbabwe. Son of Charles Ferdinand and Phyllis Haughton (James) Platt. arrived in Australia, 1969.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Rhodes U., South Africa, 1953; Bachelor of Science in Physics with honors, Rhodes U., 1954; Master of Science in Physics, Rhodes U., 1957; Doctor of Philosophy of Physics, U. London, 1968.

Career

Meteorologist, E. African Meteorology Department, Nairobi, Kenya, 1957-1958; lecturer, U. E.Africa, Nairobi, 1958-1962; research fellow Queen Mary College, U. London, 1963-1967; lecturer, Sunderland Technology College, United Kingdom, 1967-1968; research scientist Atmospheric Research division, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Aspendale, Australia, since 1969. Chairman course advisory U. Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 1977-1978. Visiting scientist National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 1977, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1986-1987, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Space Flight Center, Hampton, Virginia,1995.

Achievements

• Charles Martin Platt has been listed as a notable Research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member chorus in oratorio, operatic, church choirs, since 1974. Fellow Royal Meteorology Society. Member Australian Institute Physics, American Geophysical Union, Australian Meterol. and Oceanographic Society.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, music, ballet, opera.

Connections

Married Leueen Elinor Yorke-Torr, June 15, 1963. Children: David, Hugh, Katherine.

Father:

Charles Ferdinand Platt

Mother:

Phyllis Haughton (James) Platt

Spouse:

Leueen Elinor Yorke-Torr

child:

Hugh Platt

child:

David Platt

child:

Katherine Platt