Frank Press
Frank Press (December 4, 1924 – January 29, 2020) was an American geophysicist. He was an advisor to four U.S. Presidents, and later, for two consecutive terms, was President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1981–1993).[1] He was the author of 160 scientific papers and co-author of the textbooks Earth and Understanding Earth.
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| Born | December 4, 1924 |
| Died | January 29, 2020 (aged 95) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | City College of New York (B.S.) (1944) Columbia University (M.S.) (1946) Columbia University (Ph.D)(1949) |
| Awards | William Bowie Medal (1979) Japan Prize (1993) Vannevar Bush Award (1994) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1997) |
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| Fields | Geophysics |
| Doctoral advisor | Maurice "Doc" Ewing |
| Doctoral students | Don L. Anderson, Charles Archambeau |
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photo: Jerusalem, 1953 | |
Press served on President's Science Advisory Committee during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and was appointed by President Richard Nixon to the National Science Board.
In 1977 he was appointed President Jimmy Carter's Science Advisor and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, serving until 1981.[2]
Press died on January 29, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the age of 95.[3]
References change
- ↑ Judith R. Goodstein, "A Conversation with Frank Press" Archived 2013-02-03 at Archive.today Physics in Perspective, 6: 184-196. (2004).
- ↑ American Institute of Physics, "Frank Press" Archived 2013-06-28 at the Wayback Machine, Array of Contemporary American Physicists.
- ↑ Frank Press
Other websites change
- Caltech Oral Histories, "Interview with Frank Press" (April 15, 1983).
- American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archive, "Oral History Transcript – Dr. Frank Press" Archived 2015-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Greenberg, Daniel S. (1979). "Interview: Frank Press". Omni (June 1979).
- SEG Virtual Geoscience Center, "Biographies: Frank Press" Archived 2012-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- MIT News, "Press Wins Japan Prize" (March 17, 1993).
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