Background
Wurtele, Morton Gaither was born on July 25, 1919 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Edward Conrad and Emily Russell (Gaither) Wurtele.
Wurtele, Morton Gaither was born on July 25, 1919 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Edward Conrad and Emily Russell (Gaither) Wurtele.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard, 1940. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953.
Assistant professor meteorology, Massachusetts Institute Technology, Cambridge, 1953-1958; associate professor meteorology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1958-1964; professor, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1964; department chairman, University of California at Los Angeles, 1971-1976. Visiting professor U. Buenos Aires, 1962, U. Jerusalem, 1965. Consultant in field.
Trustee University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. President, director Sage Resources, Inc. With United States Naval Reserve, 1940-1941.
Fellow American Meteorological Society. Member American Professors for Peace in Middle East (national executive since 1974), Royal Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Harvard Southern California.
Married Zivia Syrkin, December 31, 1942. Children— Eve Syrkin, Jonathan Syrkin.