Background
Beebe, Robert Gardner was born on February 24, 1915 in Auburn, Nebraska, United States. Son of Jared Gardner and Clara Lois (Smith) Beebe.
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Robert Gardner Beebe
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AB, Nebraska Wesleyan, 1941; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1941-1944.
Career
Meteorology instructor, University of Chicago, 1942-1944; airline forecaster, Pan Am Airlines, Lima, Peru, 1944-1945; aviation forecaster, United States Weather Bureau, Washington, 1945-1948; research meteorologist, Atlanta Weather Bureau, 1948-1953; research meteorologist severe storms, Washington Weather Bureau, 1953-1954; research meteorologist severe storms, Kansas Missouri Weather Bureau, 1954-1958; consulting meteorologist, Midwest Weather Svc., Kansas City, 1958-1966; executive meteorologist, National Weather Svc., Silver Spring, Maryland., 1966-1970; executive meteorologist, National Weather Svc., Kansas City, 1970-1973; executive meteorologist, National Weather Svc., Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1973-1985.
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Fellow American Meteorological Society (elected councilor 1958).
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Married Gertrude Viola Clifton, July 12, 1942. Children: Robert Clifton, Carolyn Sue Beebe Dunn.
