Clifford H. Mortimer
| Clifford Mortimer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Clifford Hiley Mortimer February 27, 1911 |
| Died | May 11, 2010 (aged 99) |
| Notable awards | FRS (1958)[1] |
Clifford Hiley Mortimer (27 February 1911 - 11 May 2010) was the recipient of the 1995 A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award.
Career and research
He held the role of Director of the Scottish Marine Biological Station at Millport, Scotland. In 1970 Mortimer became President of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and three years later, President of the International Association for Great Lakes Research. In 1966 he became Distinguished Professor of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and founding Director of a newly formed Center for Great Lakes Studies.[2]
Publications
In 2005 he co-authored ‘Internal Seiche Dynamics in Lake Geneva’ and a year later, ‘Inertial Oscillations and Related Internal Beat Pulsations and Surges in Lakes Michigan and Ontario.’[3]
Awards
Mortimer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1958.[1] In 1995 he received the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award for his "lasting and substantive contributions across disciplines of aquatic biology, chemistry and physics, his leadership, and his general commitment to excellence." At this time, a special symposium was held in his honor.
Personal life
He married German citizen Ingeborg Closs (Professor Max Hartmann’s niece) and they had two daughters: Christine and Alison.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Brooks, A. S.; Lund, J. W. G.; Talling, J. F. (2011). "Clifford Hiley Mortimer. 27 February 1911 -- 11 May 2010". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2011.0006.
- ↑ Brooks, Art. "Biographical Sketch of Distinguished Professor Emeritus, F.R.S. Clifford H . Mortimer" (PDF). University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ "Clifford H. Mortimer". School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Retrieved 26 May 2015.