Background
Vestine, Ernest Harry was born on May 9, 1906 in Minneapolis. Son of Olaf Algot and Frida Christina (Lund) Vestine.
Vestine, Ernest Harry was born on May 9, 1906 in Minneapolis. Son of Olaf Algot and Frida Christina (Lund) Vestine.
Bachelor of Science, University Alberta, 1931. Graduate study U. Toronto, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, Diploma Imperial College, Imperial College Science and Technology, U. London, 1937.
1 son Henry Charles. Leader expedition International Polar Year, to Meanook, Canada, 1932-1933. Staff member, department terrestrial magnetism Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938-1957. Physical scientist Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1957-1968.
Expert consultant Office Secretary of Defense to 1954, also to applied physics laboratory John Hopkins.
Chairman international commission on world magnetic survey of International Union Geodesy and Geophysics. Consultant Department Commerce, National Aeronautics Space Administration, 1959-1968.
Professor meterology, U. California at Los Angeles director data coordination office. International Geophysical Year, National Academy Sciences, 1956.
Member Committee on Polar Research.
Member commission on aurora and airglow International Geophysical Year. Member committee on particles and fields Space Science Board.
Member Committee on Polar Research. Member commission on aurora and airglow International Geophysical Year. Member committee on particles and fields Space Science Board.
Member American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union, (Chairman of Commission Cosmic and Terrestrial Relationships, 1957, president section geomagnetism and aeronomy 1965-1968), International Union Geodesy and Geophysics (secretary-general world magnetic survey board), National (chairman panel on world magnetic survey), Washington academics science.
Married Lois Ann Reid, May 20, 1943.