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Simpson, Joanne Malkus Simpson, Joanne Malkus(1923– ) meteorologist; born in Boston, Mass. The first woman to receive a Ph.D. in meteorology (1949), she studied with Carl-Gustaf Rossby at the University of Chicago and trained military forecasters during World War II. Her award-winning research on cumulus clouds and weather modification took her around the country. Her home-base was the Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA since 1979; she was chief scientist for meteorology from 1988. |