Study and research in the U.S.A.
For the following educational backgrounds and training timelines, while referring to his autographed résumé Immediately after arriving, there were no classes due to summer vacation, and during this time, with the help of the local church, he anonymously wrote and published an English novel entitled
Kwaiku based on his own religious history. The novel's "Preface" mentioned that
Emma Kate Corkhill, a professor of English literature at Simpson College, helped him for English composition. According to the academic transcript of Professor J.L. Tilton of the Science Department at Simpson University, with a letter of recommendation to
G. Stanley Hall, President of
Clark University in
Worcester, Massachusetts, Tamura's formal coursework began in the fall quarter of 1898. He completed the winter, spring, and fall quarters of 1899 and the winter quarter of 1900. But in the middle of the spring quarter, his credits were transferred from Simpson College to State University of Iowa (now
University of Iowa) in
Iowa City, Iowa, where he received his B.S. (
Bachelor of Science) degree in 1990. and received his bachelor's degree (B.S.) from State University of Iowa. Tamura first entered Simpson College with the support of the same Methodist Church as Aoyama Gakuin, being admitted as a third-year student (junior) in the fall quarter of 1898, taking into account his graduation from Aoyama Gakuin and his experience as an instructor at the Normal School of
Aichi Prefecture (now
Aichi University of Education). It was revealed in Tilton's letter of recommendation to G. Stanley Hall, written on the Simpson College letterhead paper mentioned above. After this, he headed east for the first time to enroll in Columbia University Graduate School in New York City. By the way, prior to this, as a result of sending a letter of recommendation to Clark University, Tamura was actually accepted. However, partially because
Arthur Gordon Webster, who was scheduled advisor at Clark University, was going to be out of town for a year, and partially because State University of Iowa also offered him a scholarship, he stayed at the graduate school in Iowa for a year, as revealed in the letter of explanation that Tilton and Tamura themselves sent to Clark University. Staying in Iowa for a year did not cancel Clark University's scholarships. From 1901 (Meiji 34) to the summer of 1902 (Meiji 35), he first studied in the doctoral program at Columbia University under
Robert Simpson Woodward, who was then the Dean of the Faculty of Science. Tamura then left New York in the fall, to continue his research at Clark University in
New England, as a fellow paid by the promised scholarship. In the summer of 1903 (Meiji 36), he returned to Columbia University. Tamura's autographed résumé says he got a Ph.D. degree this year, Although the dissertation for the degree of Ph.D. (
Doctor of Philosophy in pure science) was submitted to Columbia University, the title page clearly states that he was a fellow of both universities, Columbia and Clark. The dissertation was based on a series of meteorological studies in Washington, D.C., as shown in the next section, and the title is
Mathematical Theory of the Nocturnal Cooling of the Atmosphere, Parts I and II, which main thesis was published in the April 1905 issue of the
Monthly Weather Review (p. 138-147), and was reprinted in a 31-page booklet with a new title page to submit as the dissertation.
Washington, D.C. (U.S. Weather Bureau) In September 1903 (Meiji 36), Tamura became an engineer (specialist) at the U.S. Weather Bureau, now the U.S.
National Weather Service (NWS) in
Silver Spring, Maryland, which was then located in Washington, D.C., with the recommendation of Woodward, Tamura's mentor at Columbia University. Abbe had a reputation for being kind and caring for everyone, and in fact, he worked as a matchmaker for Tamura's marriage on Saturday, November 25, 1905 (Meiji 38). In his autobiography, Tamura quotes the words of one of Abbe's alumni, who recalled his unchanging personality, as follows: "Everybody liked Abbe thirty years ago, as everybody likes him now." of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (now
Carnegie Institution for Science), which was founded in 1902. As mentioned above, Tamura's personal and professional life reached his zenith at this time, including his marriage, and he was financially and prestigiously blessed with access to the Washington academia. At the request of the Carnegie Institution, in May 1905 (Meiji 38), he went on a tour of Europe. His business trips were mainly to Switzerland, England, Germany and France. In November of the same year, 1905, he received a Doctor of Science degree (D.Sc.) from
George Washington University (GWU). == Returning to Japan: Teaching at schools and research in meteorology and oceanography ==