Background
Kern, Clifford Dalton was born on January 6, 1928 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Arthur William and Blanche Naomi (Brown) Kern.
Kern, Clifford Dalton was born on January 6, 1928 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Arthur William and Blanche Naomi (Brown) Kern.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1952. Certificate in Meterology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953, Master of Arts, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1965.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952, advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, 1972. Staff meteorologist Air Force Systems Command, McClelland Air Force Base, California, 1953-1955, Hanscom Field, Massachusetts, 1955-1956, 58-61, Vietnam, 1964-1965, Air Force Satellite Control Facility, Sunnyvale, California, 1965-1967, Air Force Global Weather Central Offutt Air Force Base, 1969-1971, Los Angeles Air Force Station, 1971-1972. Retired, 1972; assistant professor Saint Saint Louis University, 1972.
Visiting scientist National Center Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1972-1973.
With Atomic Energy division East.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina., 1973-1978. With Space Systems division Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Sunnyvale, California, since 1978.
Served withAUS, 1946-1948. Member American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi.
Married C. Joyce Durant, February 21, 1951. Children: Michael Richard, Janice Rae, Michelle Annual.