Walter Orr Roberts

Walter Orr Roberts
Walt Roberts, circa 1960
Born(1915-08-20)August 20, 1915
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, US
DiedMarch 12, 1990(1990-03-12) (aged 74)
Boulder, Colorado, US
Alma materAmherst College, B.A. 1938 (physics)
Harvard University, M.A. 1940, Ph.D. 1943 (astronomy)
SpouseJanet Naomi Smock
Children
  • David Roberts
  • Alan Roberts
  • Jonathan Roberts
  • Jennifer Roberts-McCarthy
AwardsPhi Beta Kappa, 1938
Hodgkins Medal, Smithsonian Institution, 1973
International Environmental Leadership Medal, United Nations, 1982
United Nations Environment Programme, North American Leadership Medal, 1989
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsHigh Altitude Observatory, University of Colorado, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Scientific Research, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies

Walter Orr Roberts (August 20, 1915 – March 12, 1990) was an American astronomer and atmospheric physicist, as well as an educator, philanthropist, and builder. He founded the National Center for Atmospheric Research and took a personal research interest for many years in the study of influences of the Sun on weather and climate.

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