Richard A. Anthes

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1966-1968 NSF Fellow, University of Wisconsin

1968-1971 Research Meteorologist, NOAA, National Hurricane Research Laboratory

1971-1977 Assistant and associate professor, The Pennsylvania State University

1977-1978 Research Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

1978-1981 Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

1981-1986 Director, Atmospheric Analysis and Prediction Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

1986-1988 Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado

1988-2012 President, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado | alma_mater = B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1966
M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1967
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1970 | thesis_title = A diagnostic model of the tropical cyclone in isentropic coordinates. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970, 184 pp. | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1970 | doctoral_advisor = Donald R. Johnson | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = AMS' Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award (January, 1980)

AMS' Jule G. Charney Award (January, 1987)

AGU's Atmospheric Sciences Section Bjerknes Lecture (1994)

China's Friendship Award (2003) | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }}

Richard A. Anthes (born March 9, 1944) was a long time president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (from 1988 to 2012). The Anthes Building in Boulder, Colorado, is the first UCAR-owned building to be named for an eminent scientist – and a living one at that.” His area of study at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, focused on hurricanes and tropical cyclones. Dr. Anthes taught as a professor for ten years at Pennsylvania State University before accepting a position at the National Center for Atmospheric Research as director of the Atmospheric and Prediction Division in 1981, a position he kept until 1986 when he became director of NCAR. In 1988, he started working as president of UCAR, and retired from that position in 2012. During his presidency at UCAR, he participated or chaired over forty different national committees for agencies such as NASA, NSF, and NOAA. He also established a program aimed at increasing participation (especially of minority professionals) in the atmospheric sciences called [http://www.soars.ucar.edu/?_ga=1.47662511.962212975.1418656173 SOARS (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science)]. Provided by Wikipedia