Richard Edwin Hallgren

Background

Hallgren, Richard Edwin was born on March 15, 1932 in Kersey, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edwin Leonard and Edith Marie Hallgren.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1960; Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, 1989.

Career

Systems engineer, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, 1960-1964; science advisory to assistant secretary of commerce, 1964-1966; director world weather systems, Environmental Science Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland., 1966-1969; assistant administration, Environmental Science Services Administration, 1969-1970; assistant administrator, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, 1970-1971; associate administrator environmental monitoring and prediction, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, 1971-1973; assistant administrator for ocean and atmospheric science, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, 1977-1979; deputy director, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1973-1977; director, National Weather Service, 1979-1988; executive director, American Meteorological Society, since 1988. Permanent United States representative World Meteorological Organisation, 1980-1988.

Achievements

• Richard Edwin Hallgren has been listed as a noteworthy Meteorologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Air Force, 1954-1956. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Meteorological Society (president, C.F. Brooks award). Member Oceanographic Society, American Geogphys.

Union, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Maxine Hope Anderson, April 17, 1954. Children: Scott, Douglas, Lynette.

Father:

Edwin Leonard

Mother:

Edith Marie Hallgren

Spouse:

Maxine Hope Anderson

child:

Scott Hallgren

child:

Lynette Hallgren

child:

Douglas Hallgren