Background
Mordy, Wendell Allen was born on April 28, 1920 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of James T. and Jane (Dalrymple) Mordy.
Mordy, Wendell Allen was born on April 28, 1920 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of James T. and Jane (Dalrymple) Mordy.
AB, Pomona College, 1942. Certificate meteorology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1942. Postgraduate in physics, University California-Berkeley, 1945.
Fil. licensed (Doctor of Philosophy), University Stockholm, Sweden, 1958. Honorary Doctor of Science, William Jewell College, 1968.
Meteorologist Pan American Airlines, 1946-1947. Research meteorologist United States Weather Bureau, Honolulu, 1947-1949. Meteorologist, head department meteorology Pineapple Research Institute and Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, 1950-1956.
Chairman geophysics committee University Hawaii, 1954-1956. Research meteorologist Internt. Meteorological Institute, University Stockholm, 1956-1960.
Lecturer, research associate University of California at Los Angeles, 1960. Founding director Desert Research Institute. Professor atmospheric physics University Nevada, 1960-1969.
Vice president, 1966-1968. Vice chancellor University Nevada System, 1968-1969. Director Sea Grant Institutional program.
Professor atmospheric science University Miami, Florida, 1970-1972. Fellow Center for Study Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, California, 1972-1977. President Science Museum of Minnesota, 1977-1985, president emeritus, from 1985.
President Center for Future, from 1985.
Delaware Pacific Science Conferences, New Zealand, 1949, Manila, P.I., 1953. Member finance committee XIII General Assembly, International Union Geodesy and Geophysics, 1963. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American Meteorological Society, Pacific Science Association (board editors journal. 1952-1956), American Geophysical Union, Royal Meteorological Society, Swedish, Hawaii geophysical societies, International Society Biometeorology, Hawaiian Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, Minnesota Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (committee desert and arid zone research), Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Brooke Davis, November 30, 1942. Children: Lee Anne, Ruth Bright.