James Kester

1972 Hertz Fellow

James Kester received a MS in Meteorology/IT from MIT in 1974 as a Hertz Fellow, with a thesis on Severe convective mesosystems in New England.

He was then a Simulation Engineer at CACI International Inc. for twenty years. He also had roles at MCR Federal Inc. and Radiance Technologies Inc.

He served as an interviewer for MIT for two decades. He retired in 2018 and resides in Dayton, OH.

Graduate Studies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Meteorology