Timeline Exploration -- Timeframe: 1990 to 1999

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Biographical Highlights

1990 Began serving on the Secretary of Energy's Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee
1994 Elected President of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)
1997 Induction into the National Academy of Sciences Portrait Collection of African Americans in Science, Engineering and Medicine
1998 Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer
1999 Awarded the Dr. Charles Anderson Award from the American Meteorological Society for pioneering efforts as a mentor and passionate support of individuals, educational programs, and outreach initiatives designed to foster a diverse population of atmospheric scientists.

1990 Manuscript by Warren, "The Saga of my Greenhouse Effect on the White House" (read)
1990 Letter to President George H. W. Bush's Chief of Staff, John Sununu, answering questions about how various greenhouse warming calculations are derived. (read)
1990 Thank-you letter from U.K. Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, for Warren's paper entitled, "A Brief Description of New NCAR Results on Regional Climate Change Caused by Increasing Greenhouse Gases" (read)
1991 Proposal to UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) concerning the organization of the "Black Environmental Science Trust" (BEST), with Warren as co-founder and President. The organization promotes black participation in scientific careers (read)
1991 Rough, handwritten plans for BEST (Black Environmental Science Trust) (read)
1992 Mission and strategy overview for BEST (Black Environmental Science Trust) (read)
1993 Invitation for Warren to take part in the Clinton-Gore transition team on the Science, Space and Technology Cluster, headed by Sally Ride (first U.S. woman astronaut) (read)
1994 Letter from John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology (President Bill Clinton), advising Warren on next steps for his nomination and congressional approval as a member of the NSB (National Science Board) (read)
1998 Walter Orr Roberts Distinguished Lecture: From Slide Rule to Supercomputer: A 30-Year Review of Atmospheric Science and Public Policy (read)

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1993 Warren on the 40th anniversary of his coming to NCAR. Pictured left to right: Tim Killeen (NCAR Director), Warren, Rick Anthes (UCAR President)	large	extra large	high-res
1993 Warren on the 40th anniversary of his coming to NCAR. Pictured left to right: Tim Killeen (NCAR Director), Warren, Rick Anthes (UCAR President)	large	extra large	high-res
1997 Warren visiting the area where rocks from Mars can be found near the South Pole.	large	extra large	high-res
1997 Warren visiting the area where rocks from Mars can be found near the South Pole.	large	extra large	high-res
1997 Warren inspecting the tunnels under the South Pole station.	large	extra large	high-res
1997 Warren inspecting the tunnels under the South Pole station.	large	extra large	high-res
1997 The entrance to the present South Pole Station, which is under a dome. A new South Pole Station is being built that will be above ground. It will be finished in about the year 2004.	large	extra large	high-res
1997 The entrance to the present South Pole Station, which is under a dome. A new South Pole Station is being built that will be above ground. It will be finished in about the year 2004.	large	extra large	high-res
1998 Warren and Neal Lane, the Clinton Administration White House Science Advisor	large	extra large	high-res
1998 Warren and Neal Lane, the Clinton Administration White House Science Advisor	large	extra large	high-res

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Media Info	Availability	Media Type
1990 Interview with Warren about his decision to come to NCAR as a Post Doc, and the nature of NCAR in its early days (total run time: 00:08:06)	download media	Media Type: audio_file
1990 Interview with Warren about his decision to come to NCAR as a Post Doc, and the nature of NCAR in its early days (total run time: 00:08:06)	download media	Media Type: audio_file
1990 Interview with Warren about the early days of the General Circulation Model and NCAR science (total run time 00:07:26)	download media	Media Type: audio_file
1990 Interview with Warren about the early days of the General Circulation Model and NCAR science (total run time 00:07:26)	download media	Media Type: audio_file

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