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necrology tion parties. Along with 58 other members of the expedition, Tor Bergeron Dorsey received a special Congressional Medal of Honor. 1891-1977 Returning from Antarctica in the summer of 1941, Dorsey See pages 387-389. joined the Weather Bureau's experimental long-range fore- casting unit, then was commissioned in the U.S. Army Air Herbert 0. Bergum Force's weather service. As a member of the Ice Cap detach- 1936-1977 ment, he helped establish and operate a weather station on the east edge of the Greenland Ice Cap. After the war he Th e Society was recently notified of the death of Herbert finished his M.S. at MIT in 1948, and served in the Air O. Bergum in December 1977. Mr. Bergum had been in the Weather Service's Alaska Weather Central in Anchorage. In meteorology service of the Canadian government throughout October 1952 he was assigned to Ice Island T-3 (Fletcher's his professional career. During that time he was a duty Ice Island), 100 miles from the North Pole, which had been forecaster at Cold Lake, Alberta; Bagotville, P.Q.; North occupied a few months earlier. But overwork resulted in his Bay, Ont.; and Victoria, B.C. In June 1968 he was appointed hospitalization and subsequent resignation of his major's Technical Coordinator and was later made Supervisor of commission. With his wife and three children, he moved Trainin g of the Meteorological Branch in Toronto. Mr. to Ojai, Calif., where he became field meteorologist on the Bergum was a member of the Canadian Meteorological and 1956-59 Santa Barbara weather modification project. He then Oceanographic Society; he had been an AMS member since worked briefly for Ventura county. His last scientific work was the compilation of his East Base observations, under a National Science Foundation grant, in 1963. For a decade he Kenneth R. Clark spent winters in Ojai, or in Florida helping aging relatives, 1910-1977 and summers building a cabin and developing his farm in Kenneth R. Clark died on 31 December 1977. Born in Hamp- southern Oregon. ton, Minn., Clark was a meteorologist with the U.S. Weather For more than a decade Herb Dorsey was a leading expert Bureau for 42 years before his retirement in 1972. He was in polar meteorology; his friends will remember him as he Meteorologist-in-Charge of the Sioux Falls, S.Dak., office from was during those early years.—Arnold Court 1946 until his retirement. Clark was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Emmett T. Grace serving on the Sioux Falls Executive Board, El Riad Shrine 1903-1977 Chanter Unit, Rotary, Elks Club, and United Commercial Member Emeritus Emmett T. Grace died in December 1977. Travelers. He is survived by his wife, Alvah; a son and His early professional career was spent with the U.S. Weather daughter-in-law, Richard and June Kay Clark, and three Bureau as an observer and first assistant in South Dakota granddaughters, in Denver, Colo.; and a sister, Mrs. Margaret from 1937 until 1941, and then as the supervisor of observers Esterholdt, in Montpelier, Idaho. Th e family home is at 2428 at Kansas City from 1941 until 1943. He spent several years South Main, Sioux Falls, S.Dak. 57105. Kenneth Clark was a as a forecaster for United Air Lines and later was attached pleasure to know and we extend our deepest sympathy to his to the Geography Department of the Denver Research In- family.—David C. Theophilus stitute, a section of the University of Denver. Mr. Grace had been a member of the Society since 1943. His last address was Herbert Grove Dorsey, Jr. 4993 King St., Apt. 105, Denver, Colo. 80221. 1912-1977 Welb y R. Stevens A prominent polar meteorologist of 30 years ago, Herbert 1902-1977 Grove Dorsey, Jr., Member Emeritus of the AMS, died on 3 August 1977 at his summer home, Gold Springs Tree Th e Society was notified in December of the death of Welby Farm, near Selma, Oreg. Born 15 September 1912, in R . Stevens. Mr. Stevens was a native of Ohio and attended East Orange, N.J., and raised in Washington, D.C., Dorsey Ohio State University. In 1923 he entered the Weather Bu- graduated from Harvard College in 1934. He worked at reau as an observer at Montgomery, Ala. Two years later he Blue Hill Observatory and served as a weather observer at transferred to the Central Office where he was scientific aide Mt. Washington Observatory, N.H., 1937-38. He also spent in the Aerological Division until 1929. Here he also attended a year as a meteorologist for American Export Airlines in George Washington University and received an A.B. in Math- New York. ematics in 1930. In his assignment as a meteorologist in the In October 1939 he entered the Weather Bureau as one of Forecast Division from 1930 to 1935, Mr. Stevens was respon- two meteorologists of the U.S. Antarctic Service. At the ex- sible for coordination of the fire-weather programs for pedition's East Base on Marguerite Bay during 1940 he con- California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Minnesota, and ducted a full schedule of meteorological observations, includ- North Carolina. In 1935 he transferred to New Orleans as supervising forecaster and contributed greatly in this capacity ing 300 pilot balloon ascents and special tidal observations. to the effectiveness of the Gulf Hurricane Warning Service. Tw o miles east of the base he established and directed the In 1951 he was selected for the post of Meteorologist-in- first high-altitude weather station in Antarctic history Charge at Lincoln, Nebr. He became a member of the So- (68°07'S, 66°30'WT; 1637 m MSL); during November and De- ciety in 1953. • cember, 1940, its reports guided surface and aerial explora- 442 Vol. 59, No. 4, April 1978 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society

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tion parties. Along with 58 other members of the expedition, Tor Bergeron Dorsey received a special Congressional Medal of Honor. 1891-1977 Returning from Antarctica in the summer of 1941, Dorsey See pages 387-389. joined the Weather Bureau's experimental long-range fore- casting unit, then was commissioned in the U.S. Army Air Herbert 0. Bergum Force's weather service. As a member of the Ice Cap detach- 1936-1977 ment, he helped establish and operate a weather station on the east edge of the Greenland Ice Cap. After the war he Th e Society was recently notified of the death of Herbert finished his M.S. at MIT in 1948, and served in the Air O. Bergum in December 1977. Mr. Bergum had been in the Weather Service's Alaska Weather Central in Anchorage. In meteorology service of the Canadian government throughout October 1952 he was assigned to Ice Island T-3 (Fletcher's his professional career. During that time he was a duty Ice Island), 100 miles from the North Pole, which had been forecaster at Cold Lake, Alberta; Bagotville, P.Q.; North occupied a few months earlier. But overwork resulted in his Bay, Ont.; and Victoria, B.C. In June 1968 he was appointed hospitalization and subsequent resignation of his major's Technical Coordinator and was later made Supervisor of commission. With his wife and three children, he moved Trainin g of the Meteorological Branch in Toronto. Mr. to Ojai, Calif., where he became field meteorologist on the Bergum was a member of the Canadian Meteorological and 1956-59 Santa Barbara weather modification project. He then Oceanographic Society; he had been an AMS member since worked briefly for Ventura county. His last scientific work was the compilation of his East Base observations, under a National Science Foundation grant, in 1963. For a decade he Kenneth R. Clark spent winters in Ojai, or in Florida helping aging relatives, 1910-1977 and summers building a cabin and developing his farm in Kenneth R. Clark died on 31 December 1977. Born in Hamp- southern Oregon. ton, Minn., Clark was a meteorologist with the U.S. Weather For more than a decade Herb Dorsey was a leading expert Bureau for 42 years before his retirement in 1972. He was in polar meteorology; his friends will remember him as he Meteorologist-in-Charge of the Sioux Falls, S.Dak., office from was during those early years.—Arnold Court 1946 until his retirement. Clark was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Emmett T. Grace serving on the Sioux Falls Executive Board, El Riad Shrine 1903-1977 Chanter Unit, Rotary, Elks Club, and United Commercial Member Emeritus Emmett T. Grace died in December 1977. Travelers. He is survived by his wife, Alvah; a son and His early professional career was spent with the U.S. Weather daughter-in-law, Richard and June Kay Clark, and three Bureau as an observer and first assistant in South Dakota granddaughters, in Denver, Colo.; and a sister, Mrs. Margaret from 1937 until 1941, and then as the supervisor of observers Esterholdt, in Montpelier, Idaho. Th e family home is at 2428 at Kansas City from 1941 until 1943. He spent several years South Main, Sioux Falls, S.Dak. 57105. Kenneth Clark was a as a forecaster for United Air Lines and later was attached pleasure to know and we extend our deepest sympathy to his to the Geography Department of the Denver Research In- family.—David C. Theophilus stitute, a section of the University of Denver. Mr. Grace had been a member of the Society since 1943. His last address was Herbert Grove Dorsey, Jr. 4993 King St., Apt. 105, Denver, Colo. 80221. 1912-1977 Welb y R. Stevens A prominent polar meteorologist of 30 years ago, Herbert 1902-1977 Grove Dorsey, Jr., Member Emeritus of the AMS, died on 3 August 1977 at his summer home, Gold Springs Tree Th e Society was notified in December of the death of Welby Farm, near Selma, Oreg. Born 15 September 1912, in R . Stevens. Mr. Stevens was a native of Ohio and attended East Orange, N.J., and raised in Washington, D.C., Dorsey Ohio State University. In 1923 he entered the Weather Bu- graduated from Harvard College in 1934. He worked at reau as an observer at Montgomery, Ala. Two years later he Blue Hill Observatory and served as a weather observer at transferred to the Central Office where he was scientific aide Mt. Washington Observatory, N.H., 1937-38. He also spent in the Aerological Division until 1929. Here he also attended a year as a meteorologist for American Export Airlines in George Washington University and received an A.B. in Math- New York. ematics in 1930. In his assignment as a meteorologist in the In October 1939 he entered the Weather Bureau as one of Forecast Division from 1930 to 1935, Mr. Stevens was respon- two meteorologists of the U.S. Antarctic Service. At the ex- sible for coordination of the fire-weather programs for pedition's East Base on Marguerite Bay during 1940 he con- California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Minnesota, and ducted a full schedule of meteorological observations, includ- North Carolina. In 1935 he transferred to New Orleans as supervising forecaster and contributed greatly in this capacity ing 300 pilot balloon ascents and special tidal observations. to the effectiveness of the Gulf Hurricane Warning Service. Tw o miles east of the base he established and directed the In 1951 he was selected for the post of Meteorologist-in- first high-altitude weather station in Antarctic history Charge at Lincoln, Nebr. He became a member of the So- (68°07'S, 66°30'WT; 1637 m MSL); during November and De- ciety in 1953. • cember, 1940, its reports guided surface and aerial explora- 442 Vol. 59, No. 4, April 1978

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