Born:

• 5 March 1933, Frederick, Maryland

Education:

• B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Geology/Geophysics), 1955
• California Institute of Technology (Geophysics), 1959
• Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (Geophysics/Mathematics),1962
• Honorary D.Sc. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2000
• Docteur Honoris Causa de L’Universite de Paris, L’Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris, 2005

Professional Experience:

• Geophysicist, Chevron Oil Co., 1955-1956
• Geophysicist, Geophysics Research Directorate, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, 1956-1958
• Geophysicist, Arctic Institute of North America (part time), 1958-1960
• Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1962-1963
• Assistant Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1963-1964
• Associate Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1964-1968
• Director, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1967-1989
• Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1968-2002
• Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics, 1989-2002
• Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor Emeritus of Geophysics, 2002-
• President, American Geophysical Union, 1988-1990
• Past President, American Geophysical Union, 1990-1992
• Green Scholar, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, San Diego, 1998
• Cox Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, 1998
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Honors:

• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 1972)
• Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (elected 1982)
• Honorary Foreign Fellow, European Union of Geosciences (elected 1985)
• Nominator, MacArthur Foundation Fellows Program, 1986-1987
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected 1988)
• American Philosophical Society (elected 1990)
• H. Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1995
• Distinguished Scientists Lecture Series, Trinity University, 1995
• Guggenheim Fellow, 1998
• Green Scholar, UCSD, 1998
• Tuve Distinguished Visitor, Carnegie, 1998
• Emilio Segre Distinguished Lecturer, 1999
• Gutenberg Lecture, American Geophysical Union, 1999
• Honorary D.Sc. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2000
• Distinguished Alumni Award, Baltimore Polyechnic Institute, 2001
• Hall of Fame, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2005
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Awards:

• James B. Macelwane Award, American Geophysical Union, 1966
• Apollo Achievement Award, N.A.S.A., 1969
• Newcomb Cleveland Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1976-1977 (Viking group award)
• NASA Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, 1977
• Emil Wiechert Medal, German Geophysical Society (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellscraft), 1986
• Arthur L. Day Medal, Geological Society of America, 1987
• The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1988
• Bowie Medal of the American Geophysical Union, 1991
• Crafoord Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 1998
• National Medal of Science, 1998

Award Committees:

• Committee of Fellows, A.G.U., 1974-1975
• Macelwane Award Committee, A.G.U. (Chairman, 1974-1975)
• Bowie Medal Committee, A.G.U., 1984-1985; Chairman, 1994-1996
• Presidential Young Investigator Awards Panel, N.S.F., 1985
• Nominator, MacArthur Foundation Fellows Program, 1986-1987, 1998-1999
• Penrose Medal Committe, G.S.A., 1989
• Arthur L. Day Award Committee, National Academy of Sciences (Chairman, 1989-1990)
• Arthur L. Day Medal Committee, G.S.A., 1990-1991
• Walter Sullivan Award, AGU, 1992-Present
• Bowie Medal Committee, A.G.U. (Chairman) 1994-1996
• Harry Hess Award Committee, 2002-

Society Memberships:

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
• American Geophysical Union (Fellow)
• American Philosophical Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)
• European Union of Geosciences (Honorary Foreign Fellow)
• Geological Society of America (Life Fellow)
• National Academy of Sciences (Fellow)
• Royal Astronomical Society (Fellow)
• Seismological Society of America
• Sigma Xi

Committees:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Board of Reviewing Editors, Science, 1986-present
• American Geophysical Union
  • Committee of Fellows, 1970-1972
  • Macelwane Award Committee (Chairman, 1974-1975)
  • Tectonophysics Section, President (1972-1974)
  • Bowie Medal Committee, 1984-1985
  • Planning Committee (Chairman), 1986-1988
  • Executive Committee (President-Elect), 1986-1988, (President), 1988-1990
  • Presidential Nomination Committee (Chairman) 1992
  • Hess Medal Committee, 2002-
  • G-Cubed Advisory Board

• Geological Society of America
  • Committee on the Penrose Medal, 1989
  • Arthur L. Day Medal Committee, 1990-1991
  • Long Range Planning Committee, 1990-1991
  • Editorial Board, Geology 1993-1996
  • Organiser, Penrose Conference, PLUME IV, Iceland, 2003

• National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council
  • Elected 1982
    
  • Geophysics Nominating Committee, 1983-1987
  • NAS Nominating Committee, 1987
  • Physics Survey Committee, Earth and Planetary Physics Panel, 1971
  • Committee on Geodesy, 1977
  • Committee on Seismology (Chairman, 1974-1976)
  • Geophysics Research Board, 1974-1976
  • U. S. Geodynamics Committee, 1979-1984; 1992-1995
  • Space Science Board, 1983-1986
  • Geophysics Research Forum (Chairman, 1983-1986)
  • (formerly the Geophysics Research Board)
  • Board of Earth Sciences, 1983-1985
  • OSTP Briefing Committee (Co-Chairman, 1983)
  • Earth Sciences Task Group - Mission to Planet Earth (Chairman),
  • "Major Directions for Space Sciences, 1995-2015"
  • (Steering Committee Member)
  • Arthur L. Day Prize Committee (Chairman, 1989-1990)
  • Class Membership Committee, 1991
  • Class Membership Committee, 2004

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Planetary Advisory Subcommittee, 1966-1969
  • Apollo Data Archiving Group, 1974
  • Lunar Geophysics and Body Properties (Chairman) 1975
  • Committee on Earth Sciences, 1976
  • Earth Dynamics Working Group, 1976
  • Lunar Science Institute Advisory Board
  • Viking Science Steering Group
  • Viking Seismology Team (Leader)
  • Geopotential Research Mission Science Steering Group, 1982-1986
  • Geodynamics Workshop, Airlie House, 1983
  • Solid Earth Geophysics Working Group, E.S.S.C., 1984-1986
  • Earth System Science Committee, Geophysics Panel ("A Comprehensive
  • Program for Solid Earth Science Research", organizer and editor), 1986
  • Solid Earth Science Planning Conference, Coolfont, Executive Committee, 1989
  • Workshop on a Mars Global Seismic Network, 1990

• National Science Foundation
  • Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Crustal Studies, 1983
  • Advisory Committee for Earth Sciences, 1985-1988
  • Presidential Young Investigator Award Committee, 1985
  • Ad Hoc Advisory Group, Continental Lithosphere 1988
  • IRIS Review Panel, 1990
  • Advisory Committee for Geosciences, 1994-1997
  • Blue Ribbon Panel Review South Pole Redevelopment Project, 1994

• Geological Survey
  • Earthquake Studies Advisory Panel, 1976-1978
  • (Appointed by the Secretary of the Interior)
  • Southern California Earthquake Panel (Chairman, 1981-1983)

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Membership Committee, 1986-1988, 1998

• Carnegie Institution of Washington
  • President's Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, 1990

Other:

• Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1964-1967
• Sr. Fulbright-Hays Award, 1975 (Australia)
• Associate Editor, Bulletin, Geological Society of America
• Associate Editor, Tectonophysics
• Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research
• Associate Editor, IUGG Quadrennial Report, Seismology, 1975-1978
• Associate Editor, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 1982-
• Associate Editor, Journal of Geodynamics, 1983-
• Editor, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 1977-1993
• Purdue University, Dept. of Geosciences, Visiting Committee, 1976, 1988 (Chair), 1993
• Harvard University, Geophysics Search Committee, 1975-1976
• Harvard University, Ad Hoc Committees
• University of Paris, Visiting Committee
• University of Chicago, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, Visiting Committee, 1983-1986
• Princeton University, Dept. of Geological and Geophysical Sciences Advisory Council, 1984-1987
• Co-founder and member of Board of Directors of IRIS, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, 1984-1987
• Executive Committee, IRIS, 1984-1987
• GSN Review Committee, 2003
• University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics Visiting Committee, 1984-1988
• Council of Scientific Society Presidents, 1988
• American Institute of Physics, AGU Representative, 1988-1990
• Cosmos Club 1969-1987 (Resigned 1987)
• University of California, IGPP Quinquennial Review Committee, (President's 5-year Review Committee of UCLA, UCSD, UCR, LLNL, LANL facilities)
• Stanford University, Earth Science Advisory Board, 1990-1996 (Chair 1995)
• University of California, Berkeley, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Review Committee, 1990-Present
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Geology, Visiting Committee, 1990-Present
• Rice University, Visiting Committee, 1991-1996 (Chair 1996)
• Center for High-Pressure Research (CHiPR) Center Advisory Committee (Chairman, 1992) 1991-1996
• National Research Council, U. S. Geodynamics Committee, 1992-1998
• Advisory Committee for Geosciences, National Science Foundation, 1994-1997
• Blue Ribbon Panel Review South Pole Redevelopment Project, National Science Foundation, 1994

Recent Lectureships:

• Condon Lecturer, Oregon State University, 1985
• Foster Hewitt Lecturer, Lehigh University, 1985
• Crough Memorial Lecturer, Purdue University, 1987
• Distinguished Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, 1987
• AMOCO Visiting Scientist, University of British Columbia, 1988
• Nobel Conference Lecturer, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1988
• Keynote Speaker, European Geophysical Society, Barcelona, Spain, 1989
• Cloos Memorial Scholar, Johns Hopkins University, 1989
• University Center in Georgia Lecture Tour (Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, U. of Georgia), 1991
• Leading Edge in Earth and Planetary Sciences Lectures, U. North Dakota, 1991
• Bowie Medal Lecture, AGU, 1991
• John C. Lindsay Memorial Lecture, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1992
• Keystone Center, Scientist-to-Scientist Colloquium, 1992
•  "Capital Science" Lecture, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1992
• University of Wyoming, 1994
• H. Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholar, Woods Hole, 1995
• Distinguished Scientists Lecture Series, Trinity University, 1995
• Colloquium Speaker, Indiana University Earth Science Dept., 1997
• Colloquium Speaker, University of Southern California Physics Dept., 1997
• Lecturer, University of California - Irvine Physics Dept., 1997
• Wood's Hole, 1998
• M.I.T., 1998
• Stanford, 1998
• U.C.S.D., 1998
• U.C.B., Physics (Segre Lecture), 1999
• Frontiers of Geophysics, A.G.U., 1999
• U.C.S.D., 2001
• Johns Hopkins University, 2001