Jule Charney
- Born: January 1, 1917 (San Francisco, California)
- Died: June 16, 1981 (Boston, Massachusetts)
Education
- 1938: AB, University of California, Los Angeles (Mathematics)
- 1940: MA, University of California, Los Angeles (Mathematics)
- 1946: PhD, University of California, Los Angeles (Meteorology)
Major Positions
- 1946–1947: University of Chicago, Research Associate
- 1947–1948: University of Oslo, National Research Fellow
- 1948–1956: Institute for Advanced Study, Member
- 1956–1966: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Meteorology
- 1966–1981: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology
Other Positions
- 1948–1956: Institute for Advanced Study, Director, Theoretical Meteorology Project
- 1950–1955: University of Chicago, Visiting Lecturer
- 1974–1977: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair, Department of Meteorology
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1968–1971: Chair, United States National Committee on Global Atmospheric Research Progress, National Academy of Sciences
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1957: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 1964: National Academy of Sciences, Member
Archival Resources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1980: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
Published Resources
Norman A. Phillips, "Jule Gregory Charney: 1917-1981", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
