Donald Hillger Bio Metrology Under the Hood, We’re Metric Celebrating 100 years of the U.S. Metric Association

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Author Archive This year, 2016, marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Metric Association (USMA). Our mission is to help the United States complete its transition to the metric system. Although we’ve always expected that the adoption of the metric system here was just around the corner, all these years later we find we’re still working for the metric cause. I joined the USMA in the early 1980s. Like many citizens, I had been mostly unaware of the worldwide move to metric, mainly in the former British Commonwealth countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. At the time, metric-adopting countries followed through on their planned transitions without a hitch, according to schedules and deadlines for national metric changes. The United States considered following suit but didn’t exclusively adopt metric to the extent necessary to complete the job. Like what you're reading? Log in or create FREE account to continue Enter your Quality Digest username OR email address. Enter your Quality Digest password. Remember me Create a FREE account Forgot My Password Quality Digest does not charge readers for its content. We believe that industry news is important for you to do your job, and Quality Digest supports businesses of all types. However, someone has to pay for this content. And that’s where advertising comes in. Most people consider ads a nuisance, but they do serve a useful function besides allowing media companies to stay afloat. They keep you aware of new products and services relevant to your industry. All ads in Quality Digest apply directly to products and services that most of our readers need. You won’t see automobile or health supplement ads.



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Quality Digest Discuss About The Author Donald Hillger Donald Hillger, research scientist, is president of the U.S. Metric Association and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) meteorologist stationed at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University. He’s also a philatelist with numerous publications on postage stamps, the metric system, and amateur radio. Hillger has a bachelor’s degree in physics, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in atmospheric science. Hillger specializes in satellite meteorology from geostationary and polar-orbiting platforms, as well as satellite instrument calibration/validation, satellite data/image quality, and planning for advanced and future instrumentation.