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Leith was born at Home in Hickory NC , where the family lived at
the time, a "bungalow" at 1417 13th Avenue. The street became 3rd Avenue and
the house is now a law office. |
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John Leith served in the US Navy from August 8, 1946 to August 6, 1948,
in Great Lakes IL, Corpus Christi TX, and Memphis TN. In Group Picture (second row, far right). |
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Leith earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology on Jun 6, 1952, and a Master of Science degree from the same school
on Jun 12, 1953. Both degrees were in the field of meteorology. |
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Thesis for the Masters Degree in Meteorology at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1953. |
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Photograph of John Leith Holloway Jr., Jan 29, 1966. |
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Leith began work in the Systems Analysis Section of the Scientific Services
Division of the Weather Bureau in Washington DC on Jul 11, 1955. This group
eventually became part of NOAA and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab (GFDL). |
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Photograph of Leith at the Weather Bureau. |
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After retiring in 1983, Leith continued to consult for the Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics Lab in Princeton NJ, contributing information to the panel (known as the
IPCC) that eventually would help Vice President Al Gore win a Nobel Peace Prize
on climate change. The lab was one of about a dozen modeling centers worldwide
that participated in the work of the panel. |
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Article on the Shadow Rule, by Leith Holloway. |
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Portrait Photograph. |
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Scientific Holidays, Proposed by Leith Holloway, January 7, 1986. |
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Received special award for public service at the 1990 Conference of the
American Association of Dermatologists. Pictured with Dr. J. Graham Smith, Jr.
and Dr. Faye Arundell, Chairman of the Committee on Youth Education. His
"contribution to skin cancer awareness was use of the shadow test
to educate children about sun protection." |
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Published articles include: Shadow rule for sun protection, The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Vol 31, No 3, p 517, September, 1994; Atmospheric sun protection factor on clear days: its observed dependence on solar zenith angle and its relevance to the shadow rule for sun protection, Photochemistry and Photobiology, Vol 56, No 2, pp 229-234, 1992; Shadow method for sun protection, The Lancet, Vol 335, No 8687, Saturday 24 February, 1990, p 484; The range and unity of planetary circulations with Gareth P. Williams, Nature, Vol 297, May 27, 1982; Alignment Chart for Satellite Orbit Calculations, The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Volume VIII, Number II, Summer 1961. |
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Energy Efficient House near Cabot Vermont was designed with the help of a
local architect.
View from Road and
Staircase to lookout used for astronomy and weather, especially in
Winter, when back of
house can almost disappear in the snow. |
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Leith's Vermont house was surrounded by over 70 acres of land and cost $103,224 to
construct in 1979-80.
Real estate sales listing, from Yankee Homes, Feb 1989, contains the
following caption for its photograph of the property: "... The open setting here
would be perfect for weather-gazing, which, we discovered, was exactly why owner
Leith Holloway had it built here. The house is very interesting."
Information sheet, contains facts and energy-conserving features of the house. |
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At nephew's home in Chapel Hill NC with brother George |
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During the last five years of his life, Leith's suffered from dementia. He may
have also suffered from Asperger's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, but was never
specifically diagnosed with these conditions. |
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| Leith was not buried. His ashes were spread on a hill along the
Tanawha trail where it crosses Holloway Mountain Road near Grandfather Mountain.
Leith loved taking walks and in 2006 he met these horses at what would be his
final resting place. |
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Sources: Holloway, John Leith Jr., "Walden House and Land Purchase and Sale", financial analysis, revision, Sep 4, 1992. Holloway, Rose Martin, personal scrapbook, in possession of George Martin Holloway. Mass. Institute of Technology, Diplomas, 1952 and 1953. "Walden, Vermont $160,000", listing in "Houses for Sale", Yankee Homes, Feb 1989. See published articles above. |
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