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Lichfield, E. W. (Ernest W.)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1931-

Biographical History

E. W. Lichfield (1931- ) was an engineer and a pioneer in the field of atmospheric balloon research and weather forecasting.

Ernest William Lichfield was born in Provo, Utah in the year 1931. He served a Latter-day Saint mission for two-and-a-half years in Norway then returned home to study engineering at Brigham Young University. While there he met and married Oneta Bunnell Lichfield. After his time at BYU he worked as an engineer for Lockhead in Burbank, California and as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. He was the inventor of Global Horizontal Sounding Technique (GHOST) balloon apparatus for upper-level atmospheric data collection and was employed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Citation:
UPB files, May. 10, 2019 (Ernest Lichfield; E.W. Lichfield; born in Provo, Utah in the year 1931; served LDS mission for 2 1/2 years in Norway then returned home to study engineering at Brigham Young University; met and married Oneta Bunnell Lichfield; worked as an engineer for Lockhead in Burbank, California, and as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force; National Center for Atmospheric Research; studies conducted in New Zealand and smaller Pacific islands; inventor of Global Horizontal Sounding Technique (GHOST) balloon apparatus for upper-level atmospheric data collection)

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Ernest and Oneta Lichfield memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239279281]
Identifier: MSS 9315
Scope and Contents DVD contains materials pertaining to the lives of William Ernest and Oneta Bunnell Lichfield compiled by their granddaughter Cara Nmi Trullo. It includes interviews detailing their childhoods in Utah, time spent living in Iran, Ernest's mission in Norway, Ernest's career as an engineer, and their membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It also talks about time Ernest spent as a pilot in the United States Air Force. This memoir spans 1931 to 2011, from the beginning of...
Dates: 2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ernest and Oneta Lichfield memoirs

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