Raymond Schneider (meteorologist)
Raymond Jean Schneider (born February 8, 1922 in Morges , † June 2, 2010 in Geneva ; resident in Nyon ) was a Swiss meteorologist .
Life
Family and education
Consisting of Morges in the canton of Vaud originating Raymond Schneider, son of Charles Jules Schneider and his marriage wife Lucie Berthe Louise born Champendal, completed after obtaining the baccalaureate to study mathematics and physics at the ETH Lausanne .
Raymond Schneider married Agatha Verena, daughter of Johannes Luchsinger, who died in 1956 in 1948, and Edith, daughter of Paul Bauhofer, in 1957. He died in Geneva in June 2010 at the age of 88.
Professional career
After Raymond Schneider had held a secondary teaching position since 1943 , he moved to the ETH Lausanne as an assistant to Prof. André Mercier in 1945, the following year he got a job as a meteorologist at Kloten Airport , and in 1955 he was made head of the meteorological service at Swissair . In 1958 Raymond Schneider was appointed vice director of the Swiss Meteorological Institute in Zurich , in 1964 he was promoted to director, in 1975 he resigned. Most recently, Schneider was Deputy Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva.
literature
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung from November 13, 1963
- Karl Strute: Who's who in technology, Who's Who the International Red series, Zurich, 1984, p. 1916.
- Hans Girsberger: Who's who in Switzerland, including the Principality of Liechtenstein, Central European Times Pub. Co., 1989, p. 452.
Web links
- Frédéric Joye-Cagnard / CN: Schneider, Raymond. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Schneider, Raymond Jean, (1922–2010) in the HelveticArchives of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Raymond |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schneider, Raymond Jean (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss meteorologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morges |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 2010 |
| Place of death | Geneva |