Sam Williamson Retires as Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

Meteorology as Infrastructural Globalism

This chapter explores the history of a global governance institution, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), from its nineteenth-century origins through the beginnings of a planetary meteorological observing network, the WMO’s World Weather Watch (WWW), in the 1960s. This history illustrates a profoundly important transition from voluntarist internationalism, based on shared interests, to...

Bill Harvey retires.

Age of Wife When Husband Retires

benefits in 1953 ___. lion, private carriers were responsible for 62 percent, State funds for 25 percent, and self-insurers for 13 percent. Total State fund disbursements, including payments to Federal Government employees, again increased at a slightly faster rate than private carrier payments-5.6 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively. The unevenness in the rate of increase from State to State...

Meteorology and Agroforestry Meteorology and Agroforestry

The physical environment affects and interacts with agroforestry systems through tree and crop growth, animal performance, management operations and interactions between the tree/shrub and non-tree components (abbreviated to tree/crop interactions). Interactions take place mainly through the media of microclimate, soil moisture and soil. They may have beneficial or adverse effects, for tree and...

Duke University Dissertation (Williamson)

Neuroimmune Signaling in the Hippocampus: Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience by Lauren Leshen Williamson Department of Psychology & Neuroscience Duke University Date: _______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Staci D. Bilbo, Supervisor ___________________________ Christina L. Williams ___________________________ Henry Yin ___________________________ Cagla Eroglu _____________...