Meteorology taught in the Dept. of Geology. Studies of dust storms (Warn et al.)

Donald R. Haragan (Ph.D, Univ. of Texas-Austin) joins Dept. of Geosciences; introduces B.S. curriculum in meteorology

Lubbock tornado 11 May ; 28 people killed; most destructive U.S. tornado to that time.

Institute for Disaster Research founded; headquartered in Dept. of Civil Engineering, headed by Joseph E. Minor

Donald R. Haragan (Ph.D. Texas) becomes Chair of Geosciences

Richard E. Peterson (Ph.D. Missouri) joins the faculty

First B.S. graduate in meteorology: Stephen Jones

Owen Rhea added to staff for one year

Gerald M. Jurica (Ph.D. Arizona) joins the faculty

M.S. in Atmospheric Science approved

Atmospheric Science Group moves to the 12th floor of the Business Administration tower

First M.S. graduates: Dean R. Metcalf and Shew-Yi Chi.

Colleen A. Leary (Ph.D. Washington) joins the faculty.

Chia-Bo Chang (Ph.D. Florida State University) joins the faculty

First Ph.D. graduates: Eric Pani and Ed Rappaport

Wind Engineering Research Center formed; combines the resources and talents of both the Atmospheric Science Group, and Civil Engineering.

Dr. Richard Peterson becomes Chair of Geosciences

Texas Tech University becomes a member of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Arthur L. Doggett (Ph.D. Texas Tech University) joins the faculty

The Wind Engineering Mobile Instrumented Tower Experiment (WEMITE) is initiated: The goal of which is to deploy a 10-meter tall instrumented steel tower into the path of a landfalling tropical cyclone. In August, the new tower is successfully deployed near Corpus Christi for Tropical Storm Charley. It is followed up by three successful hurricane deployments in August and September.

Texas Tech University joins the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Texas A&M University and the University of Oklahoma in building two mobile Doppler radars, dubbed SMART-Rs (Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radars). The

West Texas Mesonet is formed. This mesonet will provide at least one instrumented 10-meter tower for meteorological observations in each of the West Texas counties centered around Lubbock. The headquarters is established at the old Reese Air Force Base, now converted into several academic and development centers collectively called the Reese Technology Center.

John L. Schroeder (Ph.D. Texas Tech University) joins the faculty Thomas Gill (Ph.D. California-Davis) named a joint research assistant professor

Dr. Donald R.Haragan steps down as President of the University

Dr. Gerald M. Jurica passed away

Wind Science and Engineering Research Center (WISE) was formed

Section 4 ContentDr. Donald R. Haragan named Interim-President of Texas Tech University until August, 2003

Dee Chaney resigns position as secretary

Debbie Walker joins staff as business assistant

Dr. Arthur L. Doggett resigns

Loren Phillips (NWS ret.) hired to teach undergraduate meteorology

Thomas Gill leaves to become an Associate Professor at the University of Texas - El Paso

Christopher Weiss (Ph.D. Oklahoma) joins the faculty

Dr. Richard Peterson steps down as Chair of Geosciences

Sukanta Basu (Ph.D. Minnesota) joins the faculty

Million dollar grant jointly awarded to ATMO and Wind Engineering to fund development of two Ka-Band Mobile radars

Dr. Richard Peterson retires

Kyle Wiens (Ph.D., Colorado State) joins the faculty

Dr. Chia-bo Chang retires

Dr. Brian Ancell (Ph.D. University of Washington) hired as new faculty member

Dr. Sukanta Basu leaves the ATMO group to take a teaching/research position at North Carolina State University

Dr. Kyle Wiens leaves the ATMO group to take a job with the Air Force Research Laboratory's space weather center.

Eric Bruning (Ph.D. Oklahoma) joins the faculty

Song-Lak Kang (Ph.D. Penn State) joins the faculty

Dr. John Schroeder becomes the new Director of the Wind Science and Engineering (WiSE) Researh Center at Texas Tech

Dr. John Schroeder promoted to full Professor; Dr. Colleen Leary retires

Jennifer Vanos (Ph.D., University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada) joins the faculty

Johannes Dahl (Ph.D., Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany) joins the faculty

Loren Phillips retires

Justin Weaver (NWS Meteorologist in Charge) and Steve Cobb (NWS Science & Operations Officer) hired to teach undergraduate meteorology classes

John Schroder steps down as the Director of the National Wind Institute (NWI) to pursue research and technology development opportunities

Dr. Jenni Vanos leaves to assume a position at UC San Diego, CA

Karin Ardon-Dryer  (Ph.D., Department of Geophysics, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and the Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University)  joins the faculty

Song-Lak Kang resigns

Sand-dip Pal (Ph.D., University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany) joins the faculty

Steve Cobb leaves to assume position with NWS office Tulsa, OK

Erin Shaw (M.S., Texas Tech University) hired to teach undergraduate meteorology classes

Dr. Chris Weiss promoted to full Professor

Dr. John Schroeder appointed Senior Director of the National Wind Institute

Jennifer Henderson (Ph.D., Virginia Tech) joins the faculty

March - COVID-19 forces the university to move to distant learning

June - university resumes face-to-face and hybrid classes

August - university resumes face-to-face classes