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English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Charles Bates Papers
Creator:
Bates, Charles C. (Charles Carpenter), 1918-
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0123
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
(1 archives box)
Date (inclusive): 1943-2010 (bulk 1943-1982)
Abstract: The collection consists of papers documenting Charles Bates's career, including courses taken at the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography (SIO) in 1943, and subsequent government service and consulting work.
Acquired 1997, 2011
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Charles Bates Papers, SMC 123. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
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Charles Carpenter Bates was born in Illinois in 1918. He earned a B.S. in geology at DePauw University (1939) and worked briefly
for the Carter Oil Company before being drafted into the Army. As an officer, he continued his education and participated
in the first courses in military meteorology and oceanography taught by Harald Sverdrup at SIO in 1943. Captain Bates earned
his M.A. in physics and meteorology from UCLA in 1944 and, shortly thereafter, provided meteorological and surf condition
forecasts for amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific. He received the first Ph.D. awarded in oceanography by Texas
A & M University in 1953. Bates was a civilian scientist and administrator for various offices and programs of the U.S. Navy
from 1946-1968, and science advisor to the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1968-1979. His consulting firm, A.H Glenn
& Associates (est. 1947), provides meteorological forecasting services for offshore drilling companies.
Bates is the author of many articles and books, including
Geophysics in the Affairs of Man (1982),
America's Weather Warriors (1986), and
Hydro to Navoceano: 175 Years of Ocean Survey and Prediction (2005).
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of papers documenting Charles Bates's career, beginning with his studies in military meteorology and
oceanography under Harald Sverdrup at SIO in 1943. It contains material documenting Bates's subsequent service with the U.S.
Army Air Force, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Coast Guard, and one folder on the founding of his consulting firm, A.H. Glenn
& Associates.
SIO Biographical Files, SAC 5. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Military meteorology -- Study and teaching
Weather forecasting
Oceanography -- Study and teaching
Ocean waves
Bates, Charles C. (Charles Carpenter), 1918- -- Archives
Sverdrup, H. U. (Harald Ulrik), 1888-1857