Joanne Simpson, 1923-2010

[David Mikulec]

Dr. Joanne Simpson, the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in meteorology, died March 4, 2010, at the age of 86. Her groundbreaking, influential career spanned more than half a century, beginning with her teaching meteorology to World War II Aviation Cadets and ending with her retirement as the head of the Severe Storms Branch in the Laboratory for Atmospheres at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=43027

 

[Karen St John]

As a woman who is aspiring to be a meteorologist, her passing saddens me greatly. Rest in peace, Joanne Simpson.