Thom's Irish Who's Who/Blair, William Richards

BLAIR, William Richards; b. Co. Derry, Ireland, Nov. 7th, 1874; son of Thomas Wray Blair and Mary Richards; came to America, 1884; grad. Kan. State Normal Sch., 1895; S.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1904; Ph.D., 1906; m. Oct., 1909, Florence Lyon, dau. of Charles G. Smith, of Washington; Prin. High Sch., Pittsburg, Kan., 1897-9; Associate in Mathematics, State Normal Sch., Oshkosh, Wis.. 1900-2; Asst. Instr., Univ. of Chicago, 1903-6; entered Govt, service, Oct., 1906; research Dir. in charge upper air research, U.S. Weather Bureau, June, 1907, and of Physical Lab., June, 1910, and Exec. Officer in charge M^t. Weather Obs., Va., Nov., 1912— Dec, 1914; Prof. Meteorology, in charge aerology, U.S. Weather Bureau since June, 1915; Tellow Royal Meteorol. Soc.; Member Internat. Com. for Scientific Aeronautics; Philos. Soc. Washington, Am. Soc. Aeronautic Engrs.; Washington Acad. Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Tau Omega. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington, D.C.), etc.; Comd. Major, 1917, and assigned to Aviation Corps, with A.E.F. in France; transferred to Signal Corps, July, 1918; Lieut.-Col., Feb., 1919; Tech. Sub. Com. of Internat. Commn. for Aerial Navigation, Internat. Wireless Commn., Paris, first half, 1919. Res.: 3420 Porter Street, Washington, D.C.