caption death_date death_place work_institution birth_place image_size field birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
vonnegut in the 1948 25 april 1997 albany , new york , us general electric research laboratory , suny-albany indianapolis , indiana , united states 1015 atmospheric sciences , chemical engineering august 29 , 1914 atmospheric lightning chemistry , cloud seeding , atmospheric electricity and bernard vonnegut
 bernard vonnegut mit -rrb- -lrb- b.s. , 1936 ; ph.d. , 1939
bernard vonnegut

bernard vonnegut -lrb- august 29 , 1914 -- april 25 , 1997 -rrb- was an american atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used effectively in cloud seeding to produce snow and rain .
he was the older brother of american novelist kurt vonnegut .
