| Jule Charney AKA Jule Gregory Charney Born: 1-Jan-1917
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Died: 16-Jun-1981
Location of death: Boston, MA
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Quasi-gesotrophic theory Jule Charney calculated the equations of motion for the atmosphere, and developed early mathematical formulae for numerical meteorology (computerized weather forecasting). He is the namesake of an award presented annually since 1969 by the American Meteorological Society to recognize "highly significant research or development achievement in the atmospheric or hydrologic sciences". He was a childhood friend of violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin. His son, Nicholas Charney, was the founding publisher of Psychology Today. Father: Ely Charney
Mother: Stella Charney
Wife: Elinor Kesting Frye (m. 1946)
Son: Nicolas (stepson, magazine publisher)
Daughter: Nora
Son: Peter
Wife: Lois Swirnoff (painter, m. 1967)
Wife: Patricia Peck (photographer)
High School: Hollywood High School, Hollywood, CA (1934)
University: BA Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles (1938)
University: MA Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles (1940)
University: PhD Meteorology, University of California at Los Angeles (1946)
Teacher: Physics and Meteorology, University of California at Los Angeles (1942-46)
Scholar: University of Chicago (1946-47)
Scholar: University of Oslo (1947-48)
Professor: Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1956-81)
Meisinger Award 1949
Rossby Medal 1964
Losey Award 1957
Symons Medal 1961
Hodgkins Medal 1968
Bowie Medal 1976
Cleveland Abbe Award 1980
U.S. Committee for the Global Atmospheric Research Program Chair (1968-71)
National Weather Service Meteorologist (1954-56)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Institute for Advanced Study (1948-56)
National Academy of Sciences
National Research Council Panel on International Meteorological Cooperation (1968-71)
Norwegian Academy of Science
Royal Swedish Academy of Science
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Jewish Ancestry
Russian Ancestry
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