Francis Bretherton

Francis Patton Bretherton
Francis Patton Bretherton
Born	6 July 1935; Oxford, England
Died	27 June 2021 (aged 85); St. Louis, MO, USA
Alma mater	B.A., 1st Class Honors, 1958 ; M.A., 1962 ; Ph.D. 1961, Cambridge University
Spouse	Inge Bretherton
Awards	Buchan Prize of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1970; Research Award of the World Meteorological Organization, 1971; Meisinger Award of the American Meteorological Society, 1972;
	Scientific career
Fields	Applied mathematics, meteorology, physical oceanography, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, astrophysics & space science
Institutions	1961–1962 Instructor, Dept. of Mechanics, M.I.T.; 1962–1969 DAMTP, Cambridge; 1969–1974 Professor, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University; 1972–1974 Chief Scientist, Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Johns Hopkins University; 1973–1980 President, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR); 1974–1980 Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR); 1980–1988 Senior Scientist, NCAR; 1988–1999 Director, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison; 2000–2001 Professor, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UW Madison;

Francis Patton Bretherton (6 July 1935 – 27 June 2021) was an applied mathematician and a professor emeritus of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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