Richard Edmonds Orville

Background

Orville, Richard Edmonds was born on July 28, 1936 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Howard Thomas and Lillian (Duvall) Orville.

Education

AB, Princeton University, 1958; Master of Science, U. Arizona, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Meteorology, U. Arizona, 1966.

Career

Manufacturing manager, Procter & Gamble Company, 1959-1960; research assistant physics, Johns Hopkins University, 1960-1961; research assistant meteorology, U. Arizona, 1961-1964; research associate, Westinghouse Electrical Corporation, 1964-1966; senior research scientist, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1966-1968; associate professor atmospheric science, State University of New York, Albany, 1968-1981; professor, State University of New York, 1981-1991; department chairman atmospheric science, State University of New York, 1983-1988; trustee university corporation for atmospheric research, State University of New York, 1984-1990; research scientist Cooperative Institute for Applied Meteorological Studies, department meteoroly, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1991-1993; director Cooperative Institute for Applied Meteorological Studies, department meteorology, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1993. Board directors Thunderstorm Analysis Center, State University of New York, Albany, associate program director National Science Foundation, Washington, 1970-1971. Visiting senior scientist National Center Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1976.

Visiting scientist Swiss Institute Technology, Zurich, 1967, 69, 70. Visiting professor University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979.

Achievements

• Richard Edmonds Orville has been listed as a noteworthy Atmospheric science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member environmental advising committee City of Niskayuna, New York, 1972-1974. Served to Second lieutenant United States Army, 1958-1959. Fellow American Meteorological Society (chairman publications Commission 1985-1992, Charles Franklin Brooks award 1994), American Geophysical Union (atmospheric science section, president 1988-1990).

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Meteorological Society, American Society Physics Teachers, Optical Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Barbara Isabel Pierce, January 25, 1964. Children— Richard Edmonds (deceased), John Keith.

Father:

Howard Thomas Orville

Mother:

Lillian (Duvall) Orville

Spouse:

Barbara Isabel Pierce