词条 | Pauline Morrow Austin |
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}} | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} Pauline "Polly" Morrow Austin (December 18, 1916 – August 29, 2011[1]) was an American meteorologist. Austin received a BA from Wilson College in 1938, an MA from Smith College in 1939, and a PhD in Physics from MIT in 1942. Austin began her career as a meteorologist during World War II. She was one of nine women recognized for wartime scientific and technical contributions.[2] She then worked at MIT as the Director of the weather radar, and as part of the research staff in their Radiation Laboratory. In addition she was associate editor for the Journal of Applied Meteorology.[3] Personal lifeAustin was married for 59 years to Dr. James Murdoch Austin, known for his modeling of the meteorology of air pollution. Their two daughters are Doris A. Price of Annapolis, Maryland and Carol T. West of Gainesville, Florida. Austin volunteered at the Florida Museum of Natural History. References1. ^http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/10/12/pauline_austin_developed_weather_radar_after_wwii/ Pauline Austin; developed weather radar after WWII {{DEFAULTSORT:Austin, Pauline Morrow}}2. ^{{cite web|last=Wilson College|title=Pauline Morrow Austin|url=http://www.wilson.edu/wilson/asp/content.asp?id=3431|accessdate=1 June 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205074749/http://www.wilson.edu/wilson/asp/content.asp?id=3431|archivedate=5 December 2010|df=}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Bailey|first=Martha J.|title=American Women in Science:A Biographical Dictionary|year=1994|publisher=ABC-CLIO, Inc.|isbn=978-0-87436-740-9}} 10 : 1916 births|2011 deaths|American meteorologists|American women scientists|Smith College alumni|Wilson College (Pennsylvania) alumni|Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni|20th-century women scientists|20th-century American scientists|21st-century American scientists |
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