Oral History Interview with Verner Suomi

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Topics include: family and childhood in Minnesota; influence of brother and teachers; Civilian Conservation Corps; Civilian Pilot Training Program; college; aviation cadet program at University of Chicago; Rossby as teacher; interest in satellites; IGY; early satellite design; TIROS; spin-scan cameras; hurricanes; Fujita; McIDAS. Oral history interview with Verner Suomi, 1994. Interviewed by Gisella Kutzbach, Bill Smith, Don Johnson, and Dave Johnson. 3 sound cassettes (ca. 3 hrs., tape 2, side A has periods of static, tape 3 side B severely degraded with static) : analog, mono + Transcript (25 pgs., missing transcription of tape 2, cuts off due to static on tape 3 side B). AMS 105-107; one physical version (one master). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project.

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Title: Oral History Interview with Verner Suomi
Date Created: 1994-05-14
Interviewee: Verner Suomi
Interviewer: Gisela Kutzbach
Bill Smith
Don Johnson
Dave Johnson
Resource Type: interview
Related Item: American Meteorological Society Oral History Project
Related Item URL: https://aspace.archives.ucar.edu/repositories/2/resources/1
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