Ronald Maurice Welch

Background

Welch, Ronald Maurice was born on December 30, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Graydon Lawrence and Margaret Ann (Hansen) Welch.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, California State University, Long Beach, 1965; Master of Science in Physics, California State University, Long Beach, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Utah, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Meteorology, U. Utah, 1976.

Career

Research associate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1976-1978; research scientist, Johannes Gutenberg U., Mainz, Germany, 1978-1981; associate professor, Old Dominion U., Norfolk, Virginia, 1981-1982; from associate professor to professor department meteorology, South Dakot School Mines and Technology, Rapid City, 1982-1990; head remote sensing group, South Dakot School Mines and Technology, Rapid City, 1991-1997; director Center Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing, South Dakot School Mines and Technology, Rapid City, 1992-1996; chair department atmospheric science, U. Alabama, Huntsville, since 1997. Summer faculty fellow National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center, 1983, 84, 88, National Aeronautics and Space Administration JetPropulsion Laboratory, 1989. Radiation committee member American Meteorological Society, 1994-1997, Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science committee, since 1997.

Achievements

• Ronald Maurice Welch has been listed as a noteworthy Atmospheric sciences educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Meteorological Society.

Connections

Children: Mathew A., Joshua G. Married Rosemary A. Urban, October 11, 1997.

Father:

Graydon Lawrence Welch

Mother:

Margaret Ann (Hansen) Welch

Spouse:

Rosemary A. Urban

child:

Joshua G. Welch

child:

Mathew A. Welch