Robert Simpson (meteorologist)
Robert Homer Simpson (born November 19, 1912) is a meteorologist, hurricane specialist, first director of the National Hurricane Research Project (1955–1959), and a former director (1967–1974) of the National Hurricane Center. He was the co-developer of the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale with Herbert Saffir. His wife was Joanne Simpson.
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“The treasures of Cathay were never found.
In this America, this wilderness
Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound,
The generations labor to possess
And grave by grave we civilize the ground.”
—Louis Simpson (b. 1923)