Gerald North

Gerald R. North (June 26, 1938 - ) is Distinguished Professor and Holder of the Harold J. Haynes Endowed Chair in Geosciences at Texas A&M University, and previous Head of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. His interests include climate change using simplified climate models.

North was born in Sweetwater, Tennessee to Sanford and Marjorie Hill North. He grew up in nearby Knoxville and received his Bachelor's Degree in physics from the University of Tennessee. In 1966, he earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After a two year post-doc at the University of Pennsylvania, he obtained a tenure track position at the University of Missouri-St. Louis leading to full professor. He spent 1974-75 as a Senior Visiting Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. He moved to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 1978 where he was the initial proposer and first Study Scientist for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. He joined Texas A & M University in 1986. He is the 2008 recipient of the Jule Charney Award of the American Meteorological Society.

He currently lives in in Bryan, Texas with his wife Laura.

External links

* [http://www.met.tamu.edu/people/faculty/north.php Faculty homepage, TAMU] , includes selected publications