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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-03-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001812b.htm person Squires Patrick AACR2 12 July 1914 14 November 1990 Place of Birth Carlton, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Reno, Nevada, United States of America Meteorologist Physicist Patrick Squires was a pioneer of cloud physics. In 1937 he joined the Bureau of Meteorology where he trained as a meteorologist. Squires was appointed squadron leader in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1942 where he continued his meteorological research. He then spent several years at the Radiophysics Division of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) where he and his co-workers carried out groundbreaking work in areas including cloud seeding and air parcel cooling. In 1962 Squires moved to the USA where he spent the next 22 years working with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the Desert Research Institute (DRI).

After completing tenth grade, Patrick Squires began studying to join the priesthood. During this time he independently studied science and at age 16 enrolled at the University of Melbourne. In 1934 Squires successfully completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics. His first job after leaving university was in the actuarial department of an insurance company. Then in 1937 Squires joined the Bureau of Meteorology as a trainee meteorologist under the guidance of John Lillywhite, Neil McRae and others. In 1941 the RAAF took over the Bureau for the duration of the war. Squires was appointed squadron leader and engaged mainly in meteorological research. For the next 30 plus years Squires made several inroads in cloud physics working for CSIRO Australia, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, as an adjunct professor with the State University in Fort Collins, Colorado and the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno, Nevada. The DRI named their research library in honour of Patrick Squires major contributions to cloud physics. Squires retired in 1986, at age 72.

1934 1934 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne 1936 1936 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Melbourne 1937 1946 Career position - Research Officer at the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology 1941 1944 Career position - Editor of Air Mass & Frontal Analysis Monthly Note (AMFA Note) 1941 1946 Career position - Meteorologist in the RAAF 1946 1962 Career position - Research Physicist in the Division Radiophysics at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) 1959 1959 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1962 1966 Career position - Research Meteorologist at NCAR in Boulder, Colorado, USA 1966 1977 Career position - Research Meteorologist at DRI, University of Nevada, USA 1977 1984 Career position - Director of the Convective Storms Division at the NCAR c. 1986 Life event - Retired CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1996)

Research Physicist 1946 - 1962

 Squires, Patrick (1914-1990)

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 'Squires, Patrick', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Squires, Patrick Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Squires, Patrick Squires, Patrick Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001