Walter Orr Roberts
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Walter Orr Roberts was an American astronomer and atmospheric physicist. He received his doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University
in 1943. He taught online for the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute in the mid-1980s, and also published an online weekly column entitled "Provocations" about climatology. He was the founding director of the High Altitude Observatory
. Subsequently he was the founding president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
and first director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research
. He has the minor planet
3428 Roberts
named after him. NCAR's mesa is also named after Roberts.
Roberts's son is David Roberts
.
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1943. He taught online for the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute in the mid-1980s, and also published an online weekly column entitled "Provocations" about climatology. He was the founding director of the High Altitude Observatory
High Altitude Observatory
The High Altitude Observatory conducts research and provides support and facilities for the solar-terrestrial research community in the areas of solar and heliospheric physics, and the effects of solar variability on the Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere.HAO is a laboratory...
. Subsequently he was the founding president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is a nonprofit consortium of more than 75 universities offering Ph.D.s in the atmospheric and related sciences. UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research and provides additional services to strengthen and support research and...
and first director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Center for Atmospheric Research
The National Center for Atmospheric Research has multiple facilities, including the I. M. Pei-designed Mesa Laboratory headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. NCAR is managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and sponsored by the National Science Foundation...
. He has the minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
3428 Roberts
3428 Roberts
3428 Roberts is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 1, 1952 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory. Named in honor of Walter Orr Roberts founding director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.- References :...
named after him. NCAR's mesa is also named after Roberts.
Roberts's son is David Roberts
David Roberts (climber)
David Roberts is a climber, mountaineer, and author of books and articles about climbing. He is particularly noted for his books The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative, chronicling major ascents in Alaska in the 1960s, which had a major impact on the form of mountaineering...
.
External links
- NCAR Archives Walter Orr Roberts Collection
- Oral History interview transcript with Walter Orr Roberts 26 July 1983, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- Walter Orr Roberts and the Climax coronagraph photo
- JSTOR: "Walter Orr Roberts, President-Elect," Science, New Series, Vol. 155, No. 3764, Feb. 17, 1967