Lajoie, France Albert (1923 - 2010)

Summary

France Lajoie joined the Bureau of Meteorology in 1969 as an experienced meteorologist, having worked for many years in the weather service of his home country, Mauritius. He specialised in tropical cyclone research. While at the Bureau he trained staff to perform Radiosonde and Rawin computations, to repair and service the Windfinding Radar equipment (1958); and to receive, grid and interpret satellite cloud pictures (1966). In 1966 he was appointed Acting Assistant Director in charge of the Synoptic Division. Lajoie was a member of the World Meteorological Organization Working Group on Meteorological Telecommunications for Africa and a member for Mauritius of C. Ae. M.

Details

Chronology

1943 - 1949

Career position - Meteorological Observer with the Royal Air Force

1949 - 1955

Career position - Meteorological Observer with the Mauritius Meteorological Services

1950

Education - Graduate of the British Institution of Radio Engineers, London

1958

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of London

1964

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne

1966 - 1969

Career position - Acting Assistant Director in charge of the Synoptic Division of the Bureau of Meteorology

1969

Life event - Migrated to Australia (Victoria?)

1969 - 1971

Career position - Meteorologist and part-time Lecturer in Tropical Meteorology, University of Melbourne

1970 - 1972

Career position - Worked on the Bureau's Global Analysis Research Projects (GARP)

1970 - c. 1988

Career position - Joined the Synoptic Research Section of the Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne

1973

Career position - Contributed to the initial draft of the Australian Forecasting Manual

Published resources

Resources

• 'Lajoie, F A (19230216-20100102)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-461865. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_l.html. Details