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Kenneth C. Crawford
Regents’ Professor of Meteorology State Climatologist for Oklahoma Director, Oklahoma Climatological Survey The University of Oklahoma Suite 2900, 120 David L. Boren Blvd. Norman, OK 73072-7305 405-325-2541 — FAX 405-325-2550 E-mail: kcrawford@mesonet.org Dr. Ken Crawford, a Regents’ Professor of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, is Director of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey and serves as the State Climatologist for Oklahoma. He came to OU in 1989, following a 30-year career with the National Weather Service (NWS). Professor Crawford was a co-creator of the Oklahoma Mesonetwork, a statewide network of 120 automated observing stations that acquire and transmit five-minute observations on an around-the-clock basis. In addition, Dr. Crawford helped design OK-FIRST, an award-winning program (Harvard University, 2001) that was developed to bring NWS and Mesonet products to public safety officials across Oklahoma. Dr. Crawford also has been co-leader of a program to use data from the Oklahoma Mesonetwork in the K-12 schools of Oklahoma; currently, more than 250 public & private schools make extensive use of Mesonet data. During his tenure with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Dr. Crawford served five years as a Research Meteorologist for the National Severe Storms Laboratory, 15 years as an operational meteorologist, and 10 years as a senior field manager for the NWS. In his last NWS position, Dr. Crawford was the Oklahoma Area Manager at the NWS Forecast Office in Norman. Between June 2004 and September 2006, Professor Crawford was actively engaged with NOAA/NWS to help them take steps toward developing a national Mesonet through their COOP modernization program. Dr. Crawford is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, serves as one of their Councilors, and was awarded the prestigious ‘Cleveland Abbe Award’ in 2002. He is a longtime member of the National Weather Association, was it’s national president in 1988, served as Councilor in 1990-1991, and was ‘Member of the Year’ in 1991. Dr. Crawford also is the immediate past President of the American Association of State Climatologists. He served for six years on the National Research Council’s NWS Modernization Committee, and was awarded a Silver Medal from the U. S. Department of Commerce in 1988 and the NOAA Administrator’s Award in 1985. In October 2007, Professor Crawford was named a “Water Pioneer” by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for noteworthy contributions in management and conservation of Oklahoma’s water. He also has made numerous invited lectures to international audiences — in the Peoples Republic of China, in Canada, in Morocco, at many locations in eastern Australia, and in Italy. Dr. Crawford earned his BS in 1966 at the University of Texas in Austin, his MS in 1967 at Florida State University, and his Ph. D. in 1977 at the University of Oklahoma. |