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Dates
May 9, 1906 – July 18, 1986
Authorized Form of Name
Vestine, E. H. (Ernest Harry), 1906-1968
Additional Forms of Names
Vestine, Ernest H.
Vestine, Ernest Harry, 1906-1968
Ernest Harry Vestine was Professor of Meteorology at University of California, Los Angeles (1966-1968). Other institutional affiliations included RAND Corporation, Carnegie Institution of Washington, and the Canadian Meteorlogical Service. His research interests included geomagnetism and seismic waves.
May 9, 1906Birth, Minneapolis (Minn.).
1931Obtained BSc, University of Alberta, Edmonton (Alta.).
1932 – 1934Meteorologist, Central Office, Canadian Meteorological Service.
1933 – 1934Attended University of Toronto.
1937Obtained PhD in Applied Mathematics, Imperial College London, London (England).
1937Meteorologist, Central Office, Canadian Meteorological Service.
1937 – 1938Instructor in Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Toronto.
1938 – 1956Section Chief, Land Magnetic Survey (1938-1946) and Section Chief, Theoretical Geophysics (1946-1956), Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington (D.C.).
1946 – 1956Consultant on Missile Guidance, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University.
1947 – 1954Consultant, United States Department of Defense.
1954Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1956 – 1957Director, Data Coordination Office, International Geophysical Year.
1956 – 1959Consultant, Battelle Memorial Institute.
1956 – 1968Member, Senior Staff, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica (Calif.).
1957 – 1962Chair, International Committee on the World Magnetic Survey, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
1959 – 1966Consultant, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1960 – 1966Consultant, National Science Foundation.
1960 – 1968Chair, United States Panel on the World Magnetic Survey, Geophysics Research Board, National Research Council.
1962 – 1968Secretary General, World Magnetic Survey Board, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy.
1966 – 1968Professor of Meteorology, University of California, Los Angeles.
July 18, 1968Death.
Geophysicist.
Reid, Lois Anne
Wife. Married in 1943.
Vestine, Frida Christine Lund
Mother.
Vestine, Henry
Son.
Vestine, Olaf
Father.
Both employed at Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Berkner, Lloyd V. (Lloyd Viel), 1905-1967
Both employed at Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Bjerknes, J. (Jacob Aall Bonnevie), 1897-1975
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Fleming, J. A. (John Adam), 1877-1956
Both employed at Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Both employed at Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Both employed at Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Van Allen, James A. (James Alfred), 1914-2006
Both employed at Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Both employed at Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Canadian Meteorological Service
Meteorologist, Central Office.
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Section Chief, Land Magnetic Survey and Section Chief, Theoretical Geophysics.
Rand Corporation
Member, Senior Staff.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Professor of Meteorology.
University of Toronto. Department of Physics
Attended from 1933-1934 and Instructor in Geophysics and Meteorology.
Battelle Memorial Institute
Consultant.
Imperial College. London
Obtained PhD in Applied Mathematics (1937).
International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
Secretary General, World Magnetic Survey Board.
International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958
Director, Data Coordination Office.
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
Chair, International Committee on the World Magnetic Survey.
Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory
Consultant on Missile Guidance.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Research Council (U.S.)
Chair, United States Panel on the World Magnetic Survey, Geophysics Research Board.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Consultant.
United States. Department of Defense
Consultant.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Consultant.
University of Alberta. Department of Physics
Obtained BSc (1931).
E. H. Vestine papers, 1932-1968.
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
Ernest Harry Vestine papers, 1894-1950 (bulk 1942-1947).
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Library and Archives
Carnegie Institution of Washington
5241 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, USA
Sydney Chapman papers, 1860-1972.
Elmer R. Rasmuson Library. Alaska and Polar Regions Department. Archives and Manuscript Collections.
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
"Ernest Harry Vestine: 1906-1968", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences