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Joanne Simpson

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Scientist

The Resume

    (March 23, 1923- )
    Born in Boston, Massachusetts
    First woman in history to earn a PhD in meteorology
    Winner of the Carl-Gustav Rossby Award
    Past president of the American Meteorological Society
    Named one of the most 100 important scientists of the twentieth century
    Expert on cloud and hurricane development

Why she might be annoying:

    She married her then boss.
    She once said, ' The critical mass of women is reached when you can talk science in the ladies room.'
    Her passion and expertise is in cumulus clouds.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is a global warming skeptic.
    She developed the first computer model of clouds and their development.
    She has worked for NASA for over 25 years.
    She and her husband have been married for over fifty years.
    NASA named one of its supercomputers after her.
    She's anti-affirmative action and once said, 'I would like to see women appointed at high-level positions because they were the best candidate, not because they were the best woman.'
    She is an outstanding role model for women anywhere.

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 59 Votes: 69.49% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying