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ha. Ibw I. Cullen, cle& in the fiscal Sectlm of the CentrciL Offlce,
timd becauw of phyvid disabiUty at ths tamtion of Awp~at SI, 1944.
-a born in IhLtlmors, Md., on hgust 22, 1884 and entered the Ceather
%mu on Saptunber 2, 1926, by tronsfer from the Veterans Bureau.
Mr. John H. Edge, clerk In the UatSrLel Section of the CentriL Office,ras
mlrmtulfy lstired at the termlnatlon of Septuhr SO, 1944. He was born
Ln St.ffo~m, -land, on Deosmbsr 15, 1874 and antered the Weather Bum
u at Viauhington on August 1, 1912, as watchaen. In 1916 he'was p m t d
to ~10x4~. Pflor to his appohtprpnt in the Weather a;lmau,Ilr. Edge served in
the U. S. A w durJng the Spnnlatr-Anerlcan war.
IIr. Rlafrnf if. Ony, sdor mateorolodst in ctnxge of the SM Juan stG
tlon, rd3.md at ths temintion of Awust 31, 1944 after more than 49 yeam
of wrrlce. Ha was born in Charlotte, N. C., on August 26, 1874 and entered
the Weather Bureau at Chrlotte on July 1, 1895, as oeswnger. lie &soquently
wrred M assistant & Wilmington and Atlantic City. In Aprll 1911
be '111s plad in charge of the KtamI station, rhem he served until July
1955, when he ars transferred to San Juan.
Mr. Rilllam H. Oreen, junior meteorologist In charge of the Abllene stpr
tlon, M volwtully. retired at the teladnation of September 30, 1944. fb
ma born in Uldge Colswn County, tax., on !Wmh 2, U79 and entered the
Weather Bureau at Key Test on July 1, 1905, as assistant observer. Ile aubsaqriently
served at Mobile, Havana, Montgomery, Kndlle, and Fort Worth.
In Dscaabsr 1909 he was tmnsfermd to AMlene where he rSnained contlnuoub
ly, Mng placed in charge in Dscuuber 1912.
Yr. Ibbert E. Kea-, junior meteorologist in charge of the Dwils Lake
station, latired becawe of physical dlaability at ths telraination of August
31, 1944. Aa was born in Sheldon, Iowa, on February 8, 1889 and entered the
Weatber beau at Lincoln on May 12, 1922, as assistant obsemr. In April
1928 he was plnd Fn chsrpre of the Concordta station, and in April 1950 was
tmnsferrsd in charge at Devils Lake.
Hr. Jowph €3. Klnwr, Chief of the Mvision of Climate and Crop leather
at the Central Office, was voluntarily retired at the tsrmdnatlon of August
31, 1944.' He was born In Vlythe Couvty, Va., on Novmber 15, 1874 and entep
sd the Keather Bunuu at San Francisco on Februnry 11, 1905, as assistant
observer, being at tht office during the diaastmus earthquake and fire.
He wrwd ~ u e n t las y asulntant at El Paao and Awpsta and was later
transferred to the Climatological %vision at the Central Office in July
1908. After the forrmtion of the Mridon of Agrlcultuxul Meteorology in
1916, his attention was drawn to this fleld wlth the renilt he was appointed
asslatant ahlef in 1918. It was dudng his servlce in W s Dlvislon in colleboxution
wlfh Prof. J. Kamn Wth, the then ohief of that Division, that
Me flrat studies on the relation between the weather elements and cmpyuW
mm published. "hue pioneers studies wmed aa a model for later deveibp
msnt in this field in this countrg and abroed. In 1923 he was made chief of
the kvlsion of Agricultural Meteorology and, when that Mvislon and the
Cllpatological %vision were merged in 1932, wlth the deaignation Wlvlulon
of Climate and Cmp Weathern, Yr. Klncer was placed in charge. IIe was responsible
for the dsvalopnent of the climatic sections of the Atlas of Ame~
iern Agrlculture and ma editor of the section on Climatology in the Year
Book of the Departamnt of Agriculture, entltled *CllmatS and Wan". He is
also the authar of numerous other artlclea deal- with climatology, includlng
studlen of cllmatic trends. Ma long axperlance In the prepamtion of
Weather and Crop Bulldh has pennitted him to Intersperse ita more or less
rrrntine fentures a interestirv: oaments, charta and dlagws canparhg our
rmt wlth pat weather. The dwelgrmant and expansion of the frultfrost
*ark took place under his direction. Ilo sendae a lambar of many lmportult
Weather heru and Dapartnental Cdttees, as well as mmber of Caanisdons
of the IntenrtLonal Neteon~logical Organization. He la a past president of
tae herican Meteomlogi.col Societg.
Kr. Erlc R Illllor, aaaoclate meteorologist in charge of the Madison 8%
tion, was voluntrrlly rfft,imd at the tellnination of Auguat 31, 1944. He was