Hot Items 2004NSSL director Kimpel receives outstanding alumni awards
Denison University in Granville, Ohio, awarded its Alumni Citation to Jeff Kimpel, Director of NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory. The Denison Alumni Citation is awarded to Denisonians who have achieved recognized leadership among their peers through outstanding contributions and services to professional, civic, or religious life of the nation or to the advancement of the University.
Jeff graduated with a psychology degree from Denison in 1964. The citation accompanying the award read, "We honor James F. Kimpel '64 for his excellence in teaching, his conviction that weather and climate information must be factored into national and world economic and energy policies, and for applying his skills to help us all rest easier through tornado season."
Also, in May, Jeff received the Regents Alumni Award from the University of Oklahoma in recognition of his many years of service to that institution.
Jeff is the Past President of the American Meteorological Society and served on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Natural Disasters. Previously, he chaired the Board of Trustees of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee for the Atmospheric Sciences, and the National Weather Service / National Centers for Environmental Prediction Advisory Panel.
Jeff is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Vietnam in 1967 - 68. He was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society in 1989. He is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (#567).
Jeff joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma in 1973 and has served as the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, the Director of the School of Meteorology, the Dean of the College of Geosciences, and the Senior Vice President and Provost of the Norman campus. He has been the Director of the National Severe Storms Laboratory since 1997. His research interests include cyclogenesis, severe storms and energy-balance climatology.
6/21/2004