Joanne Simpson
Higher education teacher
Joanne Simpson was the first woman in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in meteorology, which she received in 1949 from the University of Chicago. Simpson received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago, and... Wikipedia
Born: March 23, 1923, Boston, MA
Died: March 4, 2010 (age 86 years), Washington, D.C.
Education: The University of Chicago (1949) and Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
Spouse: Robert Simpson (m. 1965)
Siblings: Daniel C. Gerould
Children: 3