Chapter Officers
Retired
Frank retired in 2001 after eighteen years as a Division scientist, followed by eighteen years as Director, of the NOAA/EPA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division located in Research Triangle Park. This was preceded by three years in the U.S. Air Force after graduation from St. Louis University. Frank recently served four terms as President of the CNCC-AMS, is now in his second year as Chapter Treasurer, and is a member of the national AMS Local Chapter Affairs Committee. He is a lifetime member of the NATO Committee on Science for Peace and Security, active in NATO Pilot Studies on Air Pollution Modeling. He is Chairman of the Finance and Development Committee for the NCSU Encore Center for Continuing Education. Frank and his wife Marilyn have three children and three grandchildren.
Vice-President: S. Pal Arya
Professor
Dr. S. Pal Arya is currently a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. He had been a faculty member at NCSU from August, 1976 to June 2009. Before that, he was on the faculty of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, from 1969 to 1976. He received his Ph.D. in environmental fluid mechanics from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, in 1968. Professor Arya has taught courses in micrometeorology, environmental fluid mechanics, air-sea interaction, planetary boundary layer, air pollution meteorology, atmospheric turbulence, and atmospheric dispersion. He has also conducted extensive sponsored research with many of his graduate students in the same areas. He is the author of several books and many scientific papers. He is a Fellow of the AMS, Fellow of the AAAS, and a member of AGU. He has served as a member and chair of several AMS committees. Pal and his wife, Nirmal, have three children.
Secretary: Ryan Cleary
Computer Sciences Corporation
Ryan is a 2001 graduate of Hamilton College, where he received a B.A. in physics, and of The Pennsylvania State University, where he received a M.S. in meteorology in 2003. Since moving to North Carolina in 2004, he has been employed by Computer Sciences Corporation as an emissions modeler for their EPA Scientific Modeling Support group.
Education and Outreach Chair: Marvin Maddox
Retired
Marvin is retired from the NWS and from the Air Force Reserves (Weather Officer, Lt. Col.) Significant NWS assignments were as Deputy MIC (Denver), MIC (Louisville) and Training Program Leader (Headquarters, D.C.) His degrees are in Physics (B.S., U. of Georgia), Meteorology (M.S., St. Louis U.), and German (Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill) and he has taught Physics (high school), Meteorology (college) and German (college). He is very involved in community service. Recent travel has included a church mission trip to a village in Guatemala and a Rotary Polio Immunization trip to India. Marvin’s wife is a retired Professor of Nursing. He is looking for new chapter outreach projects: if you have some suggestions, send him an e-mail!
Webmaster: Adrian Hall
Alumni, North Carolina State University
Adrian is a recent graduate from North Carolina State University with a degree in meteorology. He is serving his 3rd year as the chapters webmaster. Currently, Adrian is in search for a career position in meteorology but in the mean time is working part time at Educational Outfitters in Raleigh, NC. He is an active church member and loves following all sports including football, basketball, and baseball.