Ernest Gotthold Hildner III

Background

III, Ernest Gotthold Hildner was born on January 23, 1940 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Ernest Gotthold Hildner Junior and Jean (Johnston) Duffield.

Education

Bachelor in Physics and Astronomy, Wesleyan University, 1961; Master of Arts in Physics and Astronomy, U. Colorado, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Astronomy, U. Colorado, 1971.

Career

Experiment scientist, High Altitude Observatory, National Center Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1972-1980; visiting scientist, High Altitude Observatory, National Center Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1985-1986; chief solar physics branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 1980-1985; director Space Environment Center, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Research laboratories and National Centers Environmental Prediction, Boulder, since 1986. Member commission on solar and space physics National Research Council, Washington, 1986-1990. Chairman Committee on Space Environment Forecasting, federal coordinator for meteorology, Washington, 1988-1997.

Co-Chairman of Commission space weather Office of Federal Coord.for Meteorology, since 1998.

Achievements

• Ernest Gotthold Hildner III has been listed as a noteworthy Solar physicist, science administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union (associate editor Geophysical Research Letters 1983-1985), American Astronomical Society (councillor solar physics division 1979-1980), International Astronomical Union, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Sandra Whitney Shellworth, June 29, 1968. Children: Cynthia Whitney, Andrew Duffield.

Father:

Ernest Gotthold Hildner Duffield Junior

Mother:

Jean (Johnston) Duffield

Spouse:

Sandra Whitney Shellworth

child:

Andrew Duffield III

child:

Cynthia Whitney III