Richard Lawrence Pfeffer

Background

Pfeffer, Richard Lawrence was born on November 26, 1930 in Brooklyn. Son of Lester Robert and Anna (Newman) Pfeffer.

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, City College of New York, 1952; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1957.

Career

Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952-1955; guest lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956; atmospheric physicist, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, Boston, 1955-1959; senior scientist, Columbia University, 1959-1961; lecturer, Columbia University, 1961-1962; assistant professor geophysics, Columbia University, 1962-1964; associate professor meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1964-1967; professor meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1967-1996; distinguished research professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, since 1997; director, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, 1967-1993. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961-1964, N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc., 1962, Ednl. Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 1963, Voice of America, 1963, Grolier, Inc., 1963, Naval Research laboratories, 1971-1976.

Member International Common for Dynamical Meteorology, 1972-1976.

Achievements

• Richard Lawrence Pfeffer has been listed as a noteworthy Geophysics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League. Chairman religious concern and social action committee Temple Israel, Tallahassee, 1971-1972. Fellow American Meterol.

Society (program chairman annual meeting 1963). Member American Geophysical Union, New York Academy Sciences (chairman planetary science section 1961-1963), Sigma Xi, Chi Epsilon Pi, Sigma Alpha.

Connections

Married Roslyn Ziegler, August 30, 1953. Children— Bruce, Lloyd, Scott, Glenn.

Father:

Lester Robert Pfeffer

Mother:

Anna (Newman) Pfeffer

Spouse:

Roslyn Ziegler