Thompson recognized as Honorary Member at AMS Annual Meeting

The 105th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting was held January 12-16, 2025, in New Orleans, LA. Among the presentations and events was an Awards Reception and Ceremony, where AMS "recognized outstanding individuals and organizations of the weather, water, and climate community." This year, Anne Thompson (614/UMBC/NASA Emeritus) was recognized as an Honorary Member. 

As stated in the AMS Constitution, “Honorary Members shall be persons of acknowledged preeminence in the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences, either through their own contributions to the sciences or their application or through furtherance of the advance of those sciences in some other way. They shall be exempt from all dues and assessments.” 

From the AMS Ceremony Program:

"An atmospheric chemistry pioneer known for: 1) characterizing the Earth's oxidizing capacity; 2) founding NASA's Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes network; 3) leading aircraft and oceanographic campaigns. Thompson's ozonesonde research has built capacity in Asia, South America, Africa. While a Penn State meteorology professor, Thompson was a Fulbright Scholar in South Africa. Author of 300 publications, Thompson is a Suomi Awardee, AGU Revelle Medalist and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences."

We congratulate Dr. Thompson on this esteemed recognition!