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Jun 07, 1920 Died on 11 Jun 2008 (aged 88)
American meteorologist
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About Reid Bryson
- Reid Bryson (7 June 1920 – 11 June 2008) was an American atmospheric scientist, geologist and meteorologist.
- He was a professor emeritus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
- He completed a B.A.
- in geology at Denison University in 1941 and a Ph.D.
- in meteorology from the University of Chicago in 1948.
- In 1946 he joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and in 1948 he became the founder and first chairman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Meteorology and Center for Climatic Research.
- He was the first director of the Institute for Environmental Studies (now the Nelson Institute) in 1970.In 1944, during World War II, he was one of the few meteorologists who accurately identified Typhoon Cobra, which savaged Halsey's Third Fleet. Bryson was made a Global Laureate by the United Nations Global Environment Program in 1990.
