This New York native arrived at MNA in 1957 to study meteorology, sponsored by the Munitalp Foundation. Through the 1960s he served as an MNA Research Associate. His main position was as Director, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Albany. He and students would spend the summers at MNA studying the unique southwestern weather patterns.
By 1970, he’s listed in the MNA Annual Report as Director of the MNA Field School in Meteorology. He also was on the MNA Board of Trustees. His efforts provided funds to build Fleischmann Hall (now called Schaefer) as summer headquarters for visiting students in 1963. The structure provided dorm housing for eleven students, a lab, and an apartment for the director.
Schaefer, Vincent J. General information memorandum, 1966 field season, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota-Colorado. State University of New York at Albany, 1966.
—. Memorandum related to the water resources of the City of Flagstaff. Flagstaff, 1971.
—. “A pilot project in the atmospheric sciences for young students.” Plateau, vol. 35, no. 4, 1963.
—. A trip on the Colorado through the Grand Canyon. Limited copy manuscript, 1975.
Schaefer, Vincent J. and Eric Walther. Proposal: basic studies of atmospheric water resources related to the city of Flagstaff water supply to be conducted by the environmental studies department of the research center, Museum of Northern Arizona. Flagstaff, 1971.