Background
Jacobs, Woodrow Cooper was born on September 11, 1908 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of William Rozel and Mabelle (Cooper) Jacobs.
Jacobs, Woodrow Cooper was born on September 11, 1908 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of William Rozel and Mabelle (Cooper) Jacobs.
Student, Virginia Military Institute, 1926-1927; Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy in Meteorology, 1948 Master of Sciences, University Southern California, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy, Scripps Institution Oceanography.
With, United States Weather Bureau, San Diego, 1931-1936;
forecaster fruit-frost service, United States Weather Bureau, Pomona, California, 1936-1941;
research associate, Scripps Institution Oceanography, also Carnegie Institute, 1937;
chief civilian meteorologist Headquarters, United States Army Air Force, 1941-1946;
head climatological branch, United States Weather Bureau, Washington, 1946-1948;
director climatology, United States Air Force Air Weather Service, Washington, 1948-1960;
physical science specialist, Library of Congress, 1960-1961;
director, National Oceanographic Data Center, 1961-1967;
director, World Data Center A, Oceanography, 1962-1967;
director environmental data service, Environmental Science Service Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1967-1970;
senior scientist, Ocean Data Systems, Inc., Rockville, Maryland., from 1971. Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1950, University of Chicago, 1956. Lecturer meteorology and oceanography Department Agriculture Graduate School, 1942-1958.
Professorial lecturer George Washington University, 1957. United States Air Force member two panels Research and Development Board, Department Defense, 1948-1952. Committee climatology joint meteorological committee Joint Chiefs Staff, 1948-1958.
United States delegate International Meteorological Organisation, Toronto, Canada, 1947, president subcommittee agricultural forecasts, 1947-1950. Member of commission climatology World Meteorological Organisation, 1950-1962, chairman international committee exchange data, 1953-1960. United States delegate of National Academy Sciences to assembly Internat.Union Geodesy and Geophysics, Brussels, 1951, Rome, 1954, Toronto, 1957, Lucerne, 1967.
Member committees National Research Council-National Science Foundation, from 1948. Chairman interagency atmospheric science oceanography commission on air-sea research, 1963-1964. Commission on oceanography Smithsonian Institution, 1962-1967.
Working group Intergovtl. Oceanographic Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1962-1967. Panel member Interagy.
Committee onOceanography, 1961-1967. Advisory council Oceanic Research Institute of San Diego, since 1964. Advisory panel on sea-air interaction program Department Commerce,1964-1967.
Chairman working group on air-sea inter actions World Meteorological Organisation, United Nations, 1964-1968. United States delegate 2d Oceanographic Congress, Moscow, 1966. United States member Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Committee on Ocean Stations, Paris, 1966.
Member data advisory panel President's Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development, 1967-1969. Member commission on radio frequency requirements for science research National Academy Science, 1969-1970. Member committee biographical classification International Association Physicians and Science Oceanography, from 1968.
Department Commerce member President's Commission Food from the Sea, 1968-1969. Advanced.bd. Office Critical Tables Federal Council, 1968-1969. United States delegate planningcom.
International Indian Ocean Expedition, Paris, 1964.
Fellow American Geophysical Union (executive committee 1947-1961, council 1961, secretary section meteorology 1947-1974, chairman committee geophysical data), American Meterol. Society (council 1961-1964, chairman board certified consultant meteorologists 1960-1962), Washington Academy of Sciences. Member International Platform Association, Royal Meteorological Society, Maryland, New York academies science, Marine Technology Society, Oceanographical Society Japan, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Archeological Society Maryland, United States Navy League (Ormond Beach, Florida), United States Naval Institute (Annapolis, Maryland), Sons of the American Revolution, Blue Circle C (University of California at Los Angeles), Sigma Xi, Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Kappa Psi, Blue Key.
Clubs: Shawnee Country (Winchester, Virginia). Palm Coast Yacht (Florida). Cosmos (Washington). Lodges: Lions.
Married Dorothy Cecelia Quinn, June 15, 1933. 1 child, Marilyn Rozel (Mistress Wilbur M. Ott).