Background
Banta, Robert Mason was born on November 28, 1946 in Neenah, Wisconsin, United States. Son of George Riddle III and Virginia (Jensen) Banta.
Banta, Robert Mason was born on November 28, 1946 in Neenah, Wisconsin, United States. Son of George Riddle III and Virginia (Jensen) Banta.
Bachelor of Science, Duke U., 1968; Master of Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1982.
Graduate research assistant department atmospheric science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1972-1982; research physicist, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1982-1988; senior research meteorologist, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, since 1988.
Captain United States Air Force, 1968-1972. Member American Meteorological Society (chair commission on mountain meteorology 1988-1990), Sigma Xi.
Married Connie Kelly, August 21, 1976. Children: Jared Robert, Lucas Adam.