Balfour Currie

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Balfour Watson Currie, C.C. , B.Sc. , M.Sc. 1927 USask, Ph.D. 1930 McGill, LL.D. , D.Sc. , F.R.S.C. (1902 – January 8, 1981) was a Canadian scientist specializing in the fields of meteorology and climatology.

Currie and Frank Davies worked together at Chesterfield Inlet during the Second International Polar Year (1932-1933). Online archive of Currie's work on 2nd IPY

He was associated with the University of Saskatchewan (1930 - 1981), as a Professor and Head of the Department of Physics, founder of the Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies (1956), Dean of Graduate Studies (1959) and Vice-president, Research (1967) and as Professor Emeritus.

In 1972, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada "for his services to science and education especially in the fields of meteorology and climatology". [1]

In 1977 he received an honorary Doctor of Science (space research) from York University.

[edit] Selected Publications

• BW Currie, (1939) Earth Currents, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 33, p.313 scanned PDF

• WD Penn and BW Currie (1949) A recording meter for auroral radiations, Canadian Journal of Research, Vol. 27A biblio. record

• WG Kendrew, BW Currie (1955) The Climate of Central Canada (book) E. Cloutier, Queen's Printer

• BW Currie, (1955) Auroral Heights over Central-Western Canada, Canadian Journal of Physics 33(12): 773-779 abstract with link to full text

[edit] External links

• Biography in the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
• "How did we get here from there?" -- account of early atmospheric research at U.Sask. by Peter Forsyth

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