March 23, 2020

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The American Meteorological Society (AMS) recently created a national award in honor of Penn State meteorology alumnus and weather pioneer Warren Washington.

The Warren Washington Research and Leadership Medal will be presented to individuals who are recognized for the combination of highly significant research and distinguished scientific leadership in the atmospheric and related sciences, according to AMS. 

Jenni Evans, professor of meteorology and atmospheric science and director of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences at Penn State, was thrilled that this new medal was approved when she was president of AMS and that recipients of the Washington medal will be recognized leaders in science and more broadly across the field.

Warren Washington, who attended the dedication of Penn State's Warren M. Washington Building in 2019 with his wife Mary, is being being honored by the American Meteorological Society' which named a medal in his honor. Washington became the second African American to earn a doctorate degree in meteorology in the nation after earning the distinction from Penn State in 1964.  IMAGE: PATRICK MANSELL

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