Morris Tepper
Morris Tepper · Science & Medicine
Directed NASA's meteorological satellite program, overseeing TIROS, Nimbus and GOES
1916, Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
Washington, D.C. · Jerusalem
Morris Tepper is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Directed NASA's meteorological satellite program, overseeing TIROS, Nimbus and GOES
Morris Tepper was a meteorologist who directed NASA's weather-satellite program from 1960 to 1979, overseeing the pioneering TIROS, Nimbus and GOES satellite systems that made global weather observation and forecasting possible. He earned a doctorate in fluid mechanics and served as a military meteorologist in World War II. Born in Jerusalem, he was Jewish.
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Directed NASA's meteorological satellite program, overseeing TIROS, Nimbus and GOES
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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