Henry Rachele

115 N. Miranda Apt E-4
Las Cruces, NM 88005
(505) 524-1796

Retired Senior Scientist Atmospheric Sciences Lab

EDUCATION:

B.S. - Education, Mathematics and Physics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, June 1951

Graduate Study - Mathematics, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1956-1962

Graduate Study - Meteorology (Atmospheric Turbulence), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1962-1964

Ph.D - Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1997

EXPERIENCE:

• Teacher - College of Eastern Utah, Price, Utah, 1951-53, 1955-56.
• Military Service - White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; Missile Geophysics Research, 1953-55.
• Division Chief and Researcher - U.S. Army Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1956-74.
• Deputy and Technical Director - U.S. Army Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1974-1982.
• Graduate School Lecturer - Electrical Engineering Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 1980-93.
• Researcher (Basic) - U.S. Army Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1982-1993.
• Associate Professor - Physics Department, New Mexico State University, 1994.
• Author and Presenter - Over one hundred publications Technical Reports, Proceedings, Open Literature), and presentations at meetings, symposia, conference, and departments of the Army and DoD.

SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Developed unguided rocket ballistics models and systems used worldwide, 1956, including Pre-IGY, IGY and WSMR.
• Developed a unique long range sound propagation mathematics model used to monitor worldwide missile and nuclear activities, 1957.
• Identified Soviet long range missiles (ICBM) using a combination of ballistics and a sound propagation model, 1957. Nominated for Nations's Ten Outstanding Young Men, 1961.
• A primary contributor to NASA Johnson Space Flight Center, White Sands Missile Range, Toxic Fuel transport, transfer and diffusion system, 1960.
• Designed and directed development of the first major real-time unguided rocket ballistics system (Received an Army R&D Achievement Award), 1968.
• Conceived justified and initiated the Army's program in Satellite Meteorology, 1972.
• Chairman of the European Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling Panel, that advised Department of the Army on mesoscale modeling, 1974-1982.
• Inducted into Sociedad De Ingenieros, New Mexico State University, 1992.

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