Wendall A. Mordy

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'''Wendall A. Mordy''' (April 28, 1920July 14, 2002)<ref name="Papers"></ref> was an American [[atmospheric physicist]]. He was the founding director of the [[Desert Research Institute]] in [[Reno, Nevada]].

==Early life==
Mordy was born on April 28, 1920, in [[Rock Island, Illinois]].<ref name="Papers"/> He attended [[Pomona College]], graduating in 1942, and then obtained a doctorate from [[Stockholm University]] in 1958.<ref name="Papers"/> He served as a commanding officer of an [[United States Army Air Corps|Army Air Corps]] meteorological detachment in Europe during World War II.<ref name="Reno obit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Desert-Research-Institute.jpg|thumb|The [[Desert Research Institute]]]]
Mordy initially became well known as a leading authority on [[cloud-seeding]] techniques.<ref name="Reno obit"/><ref name="Honolulu rain">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)}}</ref> In 1960, he became the founding director of the [[Desert Research Institute]], a position in which he served until 1969.<ref name="Papers" /> He subsequently became the director of the Sea Grant Institute of the [[University of Miami]] and president of the [[Science Museum of Minnesota]].<ref name="Reno obit" /> He also served as the founding president of the International Space Theater Consortium, helping to pioneer [[360-degree video projection]] systems.<ref name="Reno obit" />

==Personal life==
Mordy married Brooke Davis on November 30, 1942. He had two daughters.<ref name="Papers"/>

==Retirement and death==
Mordy died on July 14, 2002.<ref name="Papers" /><ref name="Beacon">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==References==


==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/3lNNq53 Wendall A. Mordy papers at Iowa State University]



[[Category:American atmospheric scientists]]
[[Category:Pomona College alumni]]
[[Category:Stockholm University alumni]]

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