2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

also helped pioneer the use of local and wide
area networking, and later the use of the internet,
to facilitate field campaigns and the sharing
of the datasets. Because of Steve’s relentless
implementation of data exchange standards, often
as “chief nag” to the participating scientists,
he could claim an imprint on the enormously
successful scientific productivity of the airborne
campaigns.
Steve began working at NASA Ames in the
late 1970’s as a student at San Jose State
University in the Meteorology program. He
eventually earned both a B.S. and M.S. from
San Jose State, the latter under the guidance
of Dr. Chris Riegel. Steve worked for many
years as a scientific programmer and data
analyst under Dr. Ed Danielsen, culminating in
the highly successful Stratosphere-Troposphere
Exchange Project in Darwin, Australia in 1987.
Later that same year Steve did yeoman’s work
with Adrian Tuck on the Airborne Antarctic
Ozone Expedition (AAOE) in Punta Arenas,
Chile. The AAOE CDROM that Steve
edited, along with Wink Winkler from the
NOAA Aeronomy Lab, was one of the
NASA artifacts selected for inclusion in
the time capsule, buried at NASA Ames in
1989 in celebration of the 50th anniversary
of Ames’ founding.
Apart from his dedication for his work,
Steve was also a passionate sailor, who built
and renovated his own sailboats. Many of
his friends and colleagues had memorable
outings with Steve on the San Francisco
Bay in his cutter rig, Pinocchio.
Steve was well liked and respected by all
who knew him. Most memorable were his
dedication to his work and his unwavering
integrity. He was incredibly touched by the
outpouring of love and support from all of
his friends and colleagues over the last two
months of his life. He will be sorely missed.
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