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about our members1 Gordon E Barnes is one of 17 men and women chosen as the retirement 1985 Washingtonians of the Year by the Downtown Jaycees of Washington, D.C.. Barnes currently serves as a weather fore- caster for WDVM-TV and other stations throughout the coun- Hazen Bedke, director of the National Weather Service's (NWS) try. Barnes is being honored because of his fundraising work Western Region for the past 21 years, retired in March. As for the Dollars for Needy Children program jointly sponsored NWS regional director, Bedke managed NWS activities in the by the Downtown Jaycees and WDVM-TV. The money raised eight-state region west of the Rocky Mountains. He helped goes to projects for children throughout the year, the biggest establish the first weather-radar network in the western part of which is a shopping expedition before Christmas. of the country, and he was instrumental in expanding the use of lightning-strike information. Bedke received the Presiden- Michael Chan has recently returned to AeroVironment Inc. tial Rank Award for Meritorious Service from the National after spending three years in Hong Kong as the principal en- Weather Service in 1983, and he was recognized by the Na- vironmental protection officer in charge of the Air Quality and tional Weather Association in 1985 for his outstanding support Hazard Assessment Division of the Hong Kong Environmental of operational meteorology. Protection Agency. An AMS councilor from 1966 to 1968, Bedke was elected Chan, a CCM, joined AeroVironment Inc. in 1974. His areas for a second term in 1985. In addition to serving as president of expertise include air-pollution meteorology, dispersion for the AMS Aloha chapter, he has served on numerous me- modeling, field experiments, and provision of expert testimony teorological committees, including the AMS Committee on and air-quality policy and legislation. Professional Ethics. A retired U.S. Air Force colonel, Bedke holds a B.S. in physics and an M.S. in mat h from the University Max W. Edelstein has been elected to the position of weather- of Utah. He also holds an M.S. in meteorology from the Cal- course chairman of the United States Power Squadrons, a na- ifornia Institute of Technology and an M.S. in oceanography tional, nonprofit organization devoted to sail- and power-boat- from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. • ing safety. Edelstein, a CCM, will supervise the management of the weather course, which is one of the elective courses that boating club members can take. George Howroyd has been appointed senior meteorologist at Dames & Moore, an international engineering and environ- mental consultant firm. He is based in the firm's Atlanta, Georgia, office. Howroyd joined Dames & Moore in 1977 and ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING SYSTEMS has specialized in providing air-quality-related consultation, and support and permitting assistance to electric utility and Real Time Data industrial facilities in the United States. Howroyd holds a High Accuracy Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Uni- and Resolution versity of Waterloo. In addition to being an AMS member, he Pressure is a member of the Air Pollution Control Association. He is Temperature also a CCM and a registered professional engineer in Georgia. Humidity Wind Direction and Spec Christopher D. Miller recently joined the ocean-science en- lowest Cost gineering group at the headquarters office of Greenhorne &. Sounding Systems Available O'Mara, a Maryland-based consulting firm. As senior coastal engineer, Miller is responsible for performing and directing studies involving design in ocean and coastal environments. Miller's previous experience includes defining the meteoro- logical and oceanographic design criteria for sea-water pipe- lines. He has also worked on the siting of nuclear power plants in terms of environmental impact and was chief coastal sci- entist for the design of the U.S. Navy's new deep-water harbor facility at Keflavik, Iceland. Portable ADAS Ground Station Miller has worked closely with the Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency in developing and reviewing procedures and As k about : computer applications for defining hurricane hazards in the Tethersonde® , coastal zone. He holds a Ph.D. in geophysical fluid dynamics Airsonde® , from Florida State University, and an M.S. in physical ocean- Ozonesond e and Muitisonde'' ography from New York University. He has been a member ^mm m ATMOSPHERIC of the AMS since 1973. ^SM/r M INSTRUMENTATION ^ ^ RESEARCHING. 18QO South Flatiron Court, Boulder. 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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , Volume 67 (4): 1 – Apr 1, 1986

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Gordon E Barnes is one of 17 men and women chosen as the retirement 1985 Washingtonians of the Year by the Downtown Jaycees of Washington, D.C.. Barnes currently serves as a weather fore- caster for WDVM-TV and other stations throughout the coun- Hazen Bedke, director of the National Weather Service's (NWS) try. Barnes is being honored because of his fundraising work Western Region for the past 21 years, retired in March. As for the Dollars for Needy Children program jointly sponsored NWS regional director, Bedke managed NWS activities in the by the Downtown Jaycees and WDVM-TV. The money raised eight-state region west of the Rocky Mountains. He helped goes to projects for children throughout the year, the biggest establish the first weather-radar network in the western part of which is a shopping expedition before Christmas. of the country, and he was instrumental in expanding the use of lightning-strike information. Bedke received the Presiden- Michael Chan has recently returned to AeroVironment Inc. tial Rank Award for Meritorious Service from the National after spending three years in Hong Kong as the principal en- Weather Service in 1983, and he was recognized by the Na- vironmental protection officer in charge of the Air Quality and tional Weather Association in 1985 for his outstanding support Hazard Assessment Division of the Hong Kong Environmental of operational meteorology. Protection Agency. An AMS councilor from 1966 to 1968, Bedke was elected Chan, a CCM, joined AeroVironment Inc. in 1974. His areas for a second term in 1985. In addition to serving as president of expertise include air-pollution meteorology, dispersion for the AMS Aloha chapter, he has served on numerous me- modeling, field experiments, and provision of expert testimony teorological committees, including the AMS Committee on and air-quality policy and legislation. Professional Ethics. A retired U.S. Air Force colonel, Bedke holds a B.S. in physics and an M.S. in mat h from the University Max W. Edelstein has been elected to the position of weather- of Utah. He also holds an M.S. in meteorology from the Cal- course chairman of the United States Power Squadrons, a na- ifornia Institute of Technology and an M.S. in oceanography tional, nonprofit organization devoted to sail- and power-boat- from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. • ing safety. Edelstein, a CCM, will supervise the management of the weather course, which is one of the elective courses that boating club members can take. George Howroyd has been appointed senior meteorologist at Dames & Moore, an international engineering and environ- mental consultant firm. He is based in the firm's Atlanta, Georgia, office. Howroyd joined Dames & Moore in 1977 and ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING SYSTEMS has specialized in providing air-quality-related consultation, and support and permitting assistance to electric utility and Real Time Data industrial facilities in the United States. Howroyd holds a High Accuracy Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Uni- and Resolution versity of Waterloo. In addition to being an AMS member, he Pressure is a member of the Air Pollution Control Association. He is Temperature also a CCM and a registered professional engineer in Georgia. Humidity Wind Direction and Spec Christopher D. Miller recently joined the ocean-science en- lowest Cost gineering group at the headquarters office of Greenhorne &. Sounding Systems Available O'Mara, a Maryland-based consulting firm. As senior coastal engineer, Miller is responsible for performing and directing studies involving design in ocean and coastal environments. Miller's previous experience includes defining the meteoro- logical and oceanographic design criteria for sea-water pipe- lines. He has also worked on the siting of nuclear power plants in terms of environmental impact and was chief coastal sci- entist for the design of the U.S. Navy's new deep-water harbor facility at Keflavik, Iceland. Portable ADAS Ground Station Miller has worked closely with the Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency in developing and reviewing procedures and As k about : computer applications for defining hurricane hazards in the Tethersonde® , coastal zone. He holds a Ph.D. in geophysical fluid dynamics Airsonde® , from Florida State University, and an M.S. in physical ocean- Ozonesond e and Muitisonde'' ography from New York University. He has been a member ^mm m ATMOSPHERIC of the AMS since 1973. ^SM/r M INSTRUMENTATION ^ ^ RESEARCHING. 18QO South Flatiron Court, Boulder. CO B0301 1 Members are encouraged to submit news items about • C303) 443-71 8 7 • TWX: 91 0-B40-5904 AiRBLDR themselves or colleagues that will be of interest to fellow • Atmospheric'-Sounding Systems • Digital Barometers * members. Copy should be typed double-spaced; photos accom- • Fast Response Hygrometer & Thermometers • panying news items should be black and white.—News Ed. Bulletin American Meteorological Society

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