Presidential History Symposium (Expanded View)

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Program Chairpersons:
Kristine C. Harper, Florida State University

Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 20 January 2008
7:30 AM-9:30 AM, Sunday 2008
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday 2008
Conference Registration
 
12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
7th Annual WeatherFest
 
Monday, 21 January 2008
7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday 2008
Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January
 
11:45 AM-1:30 PM, Monday 2008
Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)
 
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
 
11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Exhibits Open (Tuesday)
 
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, 211
Session 1 Weather and climate in early US history
Speakers: John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; Paul Ruscher, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Chair: Kristine C. Harper, New Mexico Tech/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
11:00 AM1.1Revisiting Benjamin Franklin and his role as America's first geoscientist  extended abstract wrf recording
Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
11:30 AM1.2March 1843: The most abnormal month ever?   wrf recording
John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and B. McRoberts
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, La Louisiane
Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon)
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, 211
Session 2 Professional meteorology: airlines, the public, and minority science education
Speakers: Roger D. Turner, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD; Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
Chair: Diane Rabson, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM2.1Finding the Friendly Skies: Meteorology within US Airlines, 1919-1941   wrf recording
Roger D. Turner, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2:00 PM2.2Why the weather?   wrf recording
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD
2:30 PM2.3The Meteorology Program at Jackson State University: Three decades of leadership in developing minority scientists   wrf recording
Loren D. White, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy, H. Liu, and Q. L. Williams
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, 211
Session 3 Severe weather and historical impacts: tornadoes and hurricanes
Speakers: Robert Henson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
Chair: Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD
3:30 PM3.1The 1883 Holden tornado warning system and its applications today  extended abstract wrf recording
Timothy Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
4:00 PM3.2From Galveston 1900 to New Orleans 2005: The process and people involved in disseminating U.S. hurricane warnings   wrf recording
Robert Henson, UCAR, Boulder, CO
4:30 PM3.3Some lesser-known hurricane events which impacted society   wrf recording
Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and A. Fernandez
 
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday 2008
AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel
 

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