Owen Brian Toon

Background

Toon, Owen Brian was born on May 26, 1947 in Bethesda, Maryland. Son of Owen Russell and Adrienne Joan (Van Burk) Toon.

Education

AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1975.

Career

National Research Council fellow, Ames Research Center, National Academy Science, Mountain View, California, 1975-1978; senior scientist, Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, California, 1978-1997; professor atmospheric and oceanic science program, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, U. Colorado, Boulder, since 1997.

Achievements

• Owen Brian Toon has been listed as a notable Earth scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow California Academy Science, American Geophysical Union, American Meterol.

Connections

Children: Christopher Russell, Owen William, Katherine Mariah. Married Margaret Anne Tolbert.

Father:

Owen Russell Toon

Mother:

Adrienne Joan (Van Burk) Toon

Spouse:

Margaret Anne Tolbert.

child:

Christopher Russell Toon

child:

Katherine Mariah Toon

child:

Owen William Toon