History
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1947 |
Arnold True joins SJSU Faculty |
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1960 |
Department of Meteorology and Physical Science is formed |
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1960 |
Albert Miller and Robert Read join the faculty |
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1961 |
First Major classes are taught |
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1962 |
First BA degree awarded (Ken Holmes) |
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1964 |
MS program begins |
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1964 |
Dave Wang joins faculty |
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1964 |
AFIT program begins |
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1965 |
Department of Meteorology is established |
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1965 |
Albert Miller is first Chair |
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1965 |
Chris Riegel joins faculty |
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1966 |
First MS degrees awarded to Robin DeMandel and Woodrow Williams |
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1966 |
Jack Thompson joins faculty |
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1968 |
Meteorology Department moves to Duncan Hall |
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1968 |
Arnold True Retires |
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1969 |
Robert Bornstein and Ken Mackay join faculty |
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1970 |
Peter Lester joins faculty |
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1972 |
Jindra Goodman joins faculty |
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1972 |
Sid Serebreny and Marc Burton join faculty |
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1973 |
Chris Riegel becomes Chairman |
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1973 |
AFIT program ends |
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1978 |
Albert Miller Dies |
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1983 |
Chris Riegel Dies |
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1983 |
Peter Lester becomes Chairman |
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1984 |
Alison Bridger joins faculty |
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1985 |
New AFIT program begins |
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1986 |
Dave Wang Retires |
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1987 |
Douglas Sinton joins faculty |
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1987 |
NWS Summer programs begin |
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1988 |
Bob Read retires |
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1990 |
Jerry Steffens joins faculty |
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1991 |
Ken MacKay becomes Chair |
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1993 |
Bob Bornstein becomes Chair |
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1994 |
NWS summer programs end |
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1995 |
Peter Lester becomes Chair |
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1995 |
Mike Voss joins faculty as instructor, system administrator, and staff meteorologist |
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1997 |
Scot Rafkin joins faculty |
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1997 |
BS Meteorology with concentration in Science Teaching established |
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1998 |
Peter Lester retires |
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1998 |
Jindra Goodman becomes Chair |
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2002 |
Eugene Cordero joins faculty |
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2004 |
Tom Rickenbach joins faculty |
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2005 |
Robert Bornstein and Jindra Goodman retire (FERP) |
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2005 |
Alison Bridger becomes Chair |
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2006 |
SJSU forecasting team wins overall national forecasting title and top five forecasters award. |
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2007 |
Craig Clements joins faculty |
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2008 |
Doug Sinton retires |
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2008 |
John Abatzoglou and Menglin Jin join faculty |
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2011/08 |
Sen Chiao joins faculty |
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2013/08 |
Elly Walsh joins faculty |
| 2015/08 | Minghui Diao joins faculty |
| 2017/08 | Neil Lareau joins faculty |
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2019/01 |
Alison Bridger begins FERPing |
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2019/06 |
Sen Chiao becomes Chair |
| 2019/08 | Patrick Brown joins faculty |
San Jose State University Department of Meteorology, Duncan Hall 620
Phone: 408.924.5200 Email: meteorology@sjsu.edu