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Robert M. White (meteorologist)
Robert Mayer "Bob" White (February 13, 1923 – October 14, 2015) was an American meteorologist. He headed several national organizations, includng the United States Weather Bureau, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Academy of Engineering. He graduated from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of the French Legion of Honor.
==Biography==
White was born in Boston. White was the director of the United States Weather Bureau from 1963 to 1965, director of the Environmental Science Services Administration from 1965 to 1970, the first administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1970 to 1977,〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=27 June 2007 )〕 president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research from 1980 to 1983, and president of the National Academy of Engineering from 1983 to 1995.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NOAA Photo Library )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=http://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=397275 )〕 He also was the first chairman of the World Climate Conference in 1978.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Congressional Record - 113th Congress (2013-2014) - THOMAS (Library of Congress) )〕
White is an alumnus of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holding degrees in geology and meteorology. He is a member of the French Legion of Honor, and received the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement in 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement )〕 His brother, Theodore H. White, was a historian.
In 2014, he was honored by Congressman Frank R. Wolf for "groundbreaking contributions to the federal coordination of meteorology in the United States". He lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland. On October 14, 2015, he died of complications of dementia.〔(''Washington Post'', Robert M. White, top weatherman under 5 US Presidents dies at 92 )〕
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