| LC control no. | no2010161308 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | White, Robert M., 1923-2015 |
| Variant(s) | White, Robert M., 1923- White, R. M. (Robert Mayer), 1923-2015 |
| Associated place | Cambridge (Mass.) |
| Located | Chevy Chase (Md.) |
| Birth date | 1923-02-13 |
| Death date | 2015-10-14 |
| Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Chevy Chase (Md.) |
| Field of activity | Meteorology |
| Affiliation | Travelers Research Center United States. Weather Bureau United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Academy of Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States. Environmental Science Services Administration Air Force Cambridge Research Center (U.S.) United States. Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research |
| Found in | Commissioning of the NOAA ship Researcher OSS-O3, Miami, Florida, October 8, 1970, 1970: title frame (Robert M. White) American men and women of science, 17th ed., v. 7, p. 591 (White, Robert M., b. Boston, Mass., Feb. 13, 1923) Washington post WWW site, viewed Oct. 16, 2015 (Robert M. White, a meteorologist who served as the nation's top weatherman, died Oct. 14 [2015] at his home in Chevy Chase, Md.; he was 92; Dr. White was president of Travelers Research Center in Hartford, Conn., a weather-monitoring organization established by Travelers insurance company, when President John F. Kennedy named him director of the U.S. Weather Bureau in 1963; in 1970, that organization became the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which Dr. White led before stepping down in 1977; from 1983 to 1995, he was president of the National Academy of Engineering; Robert Mayer White was born in Boston on Feb. 13, 1923; studied meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving a master's degree in 1949 and a doctoral degree in 1950) The technological fix, 2004, via WWW, Oct. 16, 2015: p. 194 (Robert M. White; head of the Air Force Cambridge Research Center's Meteorology Development Lab from 1952 to 1959; chief of the Weather Bureau, first director of ESSA (Environmental Science Services Administration), then NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and "meteorological czar" of the interagency Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research) LC database, Oct. 16, 2015 (hdg.: White, Robert M.; usage: R.M. White) |
| Invalid LCCN | no2013076699 |
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