- Frank Press
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birth_date =December 4 ,1924
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field = geophysicist
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religion = |footnotes = |Frank Press (born
December 4 ,1924 ) is an American geophysicist.Born in
Brooklyn, New York , Press is the recipient of 30 honorary degrees. He graduated with his B.S. degree from theCity College of New York (1944). Went on to complete his M.A. (1946) and Ph.D. (1949) degrees fromColumbia University .Notable accomplishments
*President of the
U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1981-1993)
*Chairman of the National Research Council (1981-1993)
*Science Advisor to thePresident of the United States ,Office of Science and Technology Policy (1977-1980)
*Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (1977-1980)
*Professor ofGeophysics atMassachusetts Institute of Technology and Chairman of theDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences
*Professor of Geophysics atCalifornia Institute of Technology and Director of theCaltech Seismological Laboratory
*Life Member of the Corporation of MIT
*Board member of theWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), theMarine Biological Laboratory , and theMonterey Bay Research Institute Awards
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U.S. National Medal of Sciences
*Vannevar Bush Award
*Pupin Medal fromColumbia University
*Japan Prize from theEmperor of Japan (1993)
*Lomonosov Gold Medal , 1997
*Pick and Gavel Award from theAssociation of American State Geologists , 2007External links
* [http://www.seg.org/museum/VM/bio_dr__frank_press.html Society of Exploration Geophysicists: Biographies - Dr. Frank Press]
* [http://www.aip.org/history/esva/catalog/esva/Press_Frank.html Pictures]
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