William R. Holland

Background

Education and Employment

1956-1960	Student, University of California, Los Angeles. Major field: physics
1960	A.B. Degree in Physics (with honors), UCLA, Phi Beta Kappa
1960-1961	Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Meteorology. Ford Foundation Fellow studying oceanography. M.S. Degree, MIT. Advisor: Henry Stommel. Title of thesis: ``Vertical Motion in the Atlantic Circulation Pattern.''
1961-1966	Graduate Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Ph.D. Degree, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Thesis: ``Wind-Driven Circulation in an Ocean with Bottom Topography.''
1966-1967	National Science Foundation Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. Carried out laboratory and numerical experiments on flow of a homogeneous fluid in rotating tanks of variable depth. Advisor: Dr. John Elder.
1967-1974	Research Oceanographer, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA. Princeton University Faculty. Duties involved teaching courses and guiding student research in the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program.
1974-1979	Research Oceanographer and Section Head, Oceanography Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research.
1979-1994	Senior Scientist and Section Head, Oceanography Section, NCAR.
1994-1996	Senior Scientist and Co-Director, Climate System Modeling project, NCAR.
1996-1998	Senior Scientist, NCAR.
1998-present	Senior Research Associate, NCAR.

Honors and Awards

1. Ford Foundation Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960.

2. Sverdrup Fellowship, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1961-1964.

3. National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cambridge University, 1966-1967.

4. Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 1991.

5. Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1992.

University Experience and Involvement

1. National Center for Atmospheric Research, August 1974-present. Has acted in an advisory capacity to university students doing research at NCAR and has served as the thesis advisor for a number Ph.D. candidates: Dr. D. Haidvogel, MIT, 1976; Dr. Mary Batteen, Oregon State University, 1983; Dr. James C. Evans, Florida State University, 1983; Dr. Antonietta Capotondi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993; Dr. John Schultz, Florida State University, 1994.

2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, September 1971-January 1972. Visiting research oceanographer. Taught graduate course on ''Numerical Models of Ocean Circulation.''

3. Princeton University, September 1971-June 1974. Visiting Lecturer, Department of Geology and Geophysics. Taught one graduate oceanography course per year. Served on faculty committees, as a member of several thesis committees, and as the thesis advisor for one Ph.D. Candidate (Dr. L.B. Lin, Princeton University, 1974).

4.}Scripps Institution of Oceanography, September-December 1977. Visiting Research Oceanographer. Presented series of lectures on various aspects of large-scale ocean circulation.

5. University of Cambridge, September-December 1983. Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.

6. Sabbatical, CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Hobart, Tasmania, January-June, 1984.

7. Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1986-present.

8. Collaborative leave, University of Hawaii, January-May, 1989.

9. Adjunct Researcher, University of Colorado, 1990-present. Served on the thesis committees for a number of University of Colorado graduate students: Greg Jacobs (Ph.D. 1991); Carol Anne Clayson (Ph.D. 1995); Todd Arbettor and Doug Engelhart (Ph.D. 1996).

10. Visiting Committee, Physical Oceanography Department, WHOI,

March, 1992.

11. Collaborative leave, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, October 1993-February 1994.

12. Sabbatical, Center for Climate System Research, University of Tokyo, November 1995-May 1996.

Oceanography Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research
1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, Colorado, USA 80305

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