Background
Fleming, Rex James was born on April 25, 1940 in Omaha. Son of Robert Leonard and Doris Mae (Burrows) Fleming.
Fleming, Rex James was born on April 25, 1940 in Omaha. Son of Robert Leonard and Doris Mae (Burrows) Fleming.
Bachelor of Science, Creighton U., 1963; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1970.
Commissioned Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1963; advanced through grades to captain, United States Air Force, 1972; research scientist, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 1963-1967; science liaison to, National Weather Service for Air Weather Service, Suitland, Maryland., 1970-1972; resigned, 1972; manager applications marketing advanced science computer, Texas Instruments, Inc., Austin, 1972-1975; director, United States Project Office for Global Weather Experiment, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, Maryland., 1975-1980; director, Special Research Projects Office, 1980-1982; director, Office of Climate and Atmospheric Research, 1983-1984; director, International Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Project Office and National Storm Program Office, 1984-1986; president, Tycho Technology Inc., Boulder, Colorado, 1986-1987; president, Creative Concepts, Boulder, Colorado, 1987-1991; senior manager, coordinator Federal Aviation Administration research, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1991-1992; visiting scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1987-1988.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Meteorological Society (chairman probability and statistics committee 1976-1977), The Planetary Society, American Geophysical Union (secretary atmospheric science section 1984-1986).
Married Kathleen Joyce Ferry, September 3, 1969. Children: Thane, Manon, Mark, Noel.