Background
Coulson, Kinsell Leroy was born on October 7, 1916 in Hatfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Charles Samuel and Nora Madge (Swank) Coulson.
Coulson, Kinsell Leroy was born on October 7, 1916 in Hatfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Charles Samuel and Nora Madge (Swank) Coulson.
Bachelor of Science, Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, 1942. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1959.
Junior meteorologist, United States Weather Bureau, Chicago, 1942; meteorologist, United Nations, Shanghai, China, 1946-1947; meteorologist, Naval Civil Service, China Lake, California, 1950-1951; associate research meteorologist, University of California at Los Angeles, 1951-1959; meteorologist, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1959-1960; manager geophysics, General Electric Space Sciences Laboratory, Philadelphia, 1960-1965; professor meteorology, University of California, Davis, 1965-1979; professor emeritus, University of California, Davis, since 1984; director, Mauna Loa Observatory, Hilo, Hawaii., 1979-1984. Consultant, lecturer.
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Fellow American Meteorological Society. Member American Geophysical Union, American Solar Energy Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Northern California Energy Association, Planetary Society, Mauna Kea Astronomical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Vera Vivien Vainer, March 23, 1947.