Background
Kessler, Edwin was born on December 2, 1928 in New York City. Son of Edwin and Marie Rosa (Weil) Kessler.
consultant meteorology educator
Kessler, Edwin was born on December 2, 1928 in New York City. Son of Edwin and Marie Rosa (Weil) Kessler.
AB, Columbia College, 1950; Master of Science in Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952; Doctor of Science in Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957.
Chief synoptic meteorology section Weather Radar branch Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1954-1961. Senior research scientist Travelers Research Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1961-1962, director atmospheric physics division, 1962-1964. Director National Severe Storms Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Norman, Oklahoma, 1964-1986.
Adjunct professor University Oklahoma, since 1964. Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975-1976, McGill University of Canberra, 1980. Board directors North America Transportation Institute, Noman Sustainability Network.
State chair Common Cause, Oklahoma, 1993-1999, vice chair, since 1999. With United States Army, 1946-1947. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Meteorological Society (national councilor 1966-1969, past member committees on hurricanes, atmospheric electricity, agriculture and forestry, cloud and precipitation physics, severe local storms, past chairman committee on weather radar, certified consultant meteorologist, Cleveland Abbe award for distinguished service 1988).
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior member), League of Women Voters, Royal Meteorological Society (foreign), American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi (founding editor-in-chief Energies, online journal 2008-2009).
Married Lottie Catherine Menger. Children: Austin Rainier, Thomas Russell.