Newton, Chester W., 1990-03-13

Oral history interview with Chester Newton, 1990. Interviewed by James Fankhauser and Melvyn Shapiro. 1 sound cassette (ca. 1 hr.) : analog, mono + transcript (19 pgs.). AMS 54; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: family, childhood, education; entry into meteorology; first job as weather observer, USWB; wartime assignment as aviation cadet to University of Chicago; reflections on Rossby, Platzman, Cressman, Palmen, Biel; development of upper air sounding network; doctoral research on shear lines; Thunderstorm Project; work on frontogenesis, and collaboration with Palmen; work with Petterssen on cyclone development; interest in squall lines and thunderstorms, and assignment as chief scientist for National Severe Storms Project; invitation to join NCAR as director of synoptic meteorology group; comments about the National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE), the Monthly Weather Review, and the American Meterological Society (AMS); most significant publications; the Palmen Memorial Volume; and reflections on role in atmospheric science.