Editing Fred Singer (section)

===1962: National Weather Center and University of Miami===
In 1962, on leave from the university, Singer was named as the first director of meteorological satellite services for the National Weather Satellite Center, now part of the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]], and directed a program for using satellites to forecast the weather.<ref name=NYTJuly1962>''The New York Times''. [https://www.nytimes.com/1962/07/06/archives/physicist-to-help-us-speed-weather-satellite-system.html?sq=%2522fred%2520singer%2522&scp=29&st=cse "Physicist to Help U.S. Speed Weather Satellite System"], July 6, 1962.</ref> He stayed there until 1964. He told ''Time'' magazine in 1969 that he enjoyed moving around. "Each move gave me a completely new perspective," he said. "If I had sat still, I'd probably still be measuring [[cosmic rays]], the subject of my thesis at Princeton. That's what happens to most scientists."<ref name=Time1969>''Time'' magazine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105104255/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839006-2,00.html "Astrophysics: Capturing a Moon and Other Diversions"], February 21, 1969.</ref> When he stepped down as director he received a [[United States Department of Commerce|Department of Commerce Gold Medal]] award for Distinguished Federal Service.<ref>Lehr, Jay H. ''Rational Readings on Environmental Concerns''. John Wiley and Sons 1992, p. 393.
* Levy, Lillian. ''Space, Its Impact on Man and Society''. Ayer Publishing 1973, p. xiii.
* Singer, S. Fred. ''The Changing Global Environment''. Springer Publishers 1975, p. 401.</ref>

In 1964, he became the first dean of the School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences at the [[University of Miami]] in 1964, the first school of its kind in the country, dedicated to space-age research.<ref>Terte, Robert H. [https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/15/archives/a-dean-for-earth-and-space.html "A Dean for Earth and Space"], ''The New York Times'', March 15, 1964.</ref> In December 1965, ''The New York Times'' reported on a conference Singer hosted in Miami Beach during which five groups of scientists, working independently, presented research identifying what they believed was the remains of a primordial flash that occurred when the universe was born.<ref>Sullivan, Walter. [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C1FFE3C5D167A93C2AB1789D95F418685F9&scp=71&sq=%22fred%20singer%22&st=cse "Scientists Trace Birth of Universe With Light Waves"], ''The New York Times'', December 20, 1965.</ref>