What is Bernice Ackerman?
{{Orphan|date=March 2012}} '''Bernice Ackerman''' (1925-1995) was an American [[meteorologist]]. In 1965 she got a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in [[wikt|geophysical]] science from the [[University of Chicago]]. She was the first woman [[forecasting|weathercaster]] in the [[United States]]. She was the first woman meteorologist at [[Argonne National Laboratory]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bailey|first=Martha J.|title=American Women in Science:A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://archive.org/details/americanwomenins00bail_0|year=1994|publisher=ABC-CLIO, Inc.|isbn=0-87436-740-9}}</ref> She worked at the U.S. Weather Bureau, the University of Chicago, [[Texas A&M University]] and Argonne National Laboratory.<ref>{{cite web |last= Heise |first= Kenan |title= Retired State Meteorologist Bernice Ackerman |url= http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-07-08/news/9507080097_1_argonne-national-laboratory-chicago-assistant-professor |publisher= Chicago Tribune |access-date= 16 April 2011 |date= 8 July 1995 |archive-date= 26 September 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120926041619/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-07-08/news/9507080097_1_argonne-national-laboratory-chicago-assistant-professor |url-status= dead }}</ref> Before college, Ackerman was a weather [[wikt:observer |observer]] for the [[Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service]] (WAVES) in [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Passport to Knowledge|title=World War II and the Broadening of Opportunities |url= http://passporttoknowledge.com/storm/who/bios/women2.htm |access-date=16 April 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ackerman, Bernice}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:American meteorologists]]