RESUME

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A. PERSONAL DATA

Born: November 30, 193l, New York, NY
Citizenship: U.S.A
Marital status: Married (wife: Suzanne Moss; 5 children)

B. EDUCATION

C. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

July, 1969 - February, 2001
Professor of Planetary Science and Geology , Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125; Professor Emeritus , February, 2001- Present.

April, 1976 - July, 1982
Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91103

July, 1963 - June, 1968
Associate Professor of Planetary Science, Division of Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125

August, 1960 - June, 1963
Research Fellow in Space Science, Division of Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

April, 1960 - July, 1960
Geophysicist, Geophysics Research Directorate, L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts (GS-12, U.S. Civil Service)

September, 1958 - March, 1960
Geophysicist, Geophysics Research Directorate, L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts (1st Lt., U.S.A.F., Active Duty)

October, 1955 - August, 1958
Exploration and Exploitation Geologist, Standard Oil Company of California, working in the South Louisiana and off-shore areas.

D. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1960 - 1969

Guest Observer (1960-1964) and Staff Associate (1965-1969), Mt. Wilson and Mt. Palomar Observatories
1961 - 1975

Consultant, Rand Corporation
1961 - 1973

Co-Investigator, Mariners 4, 6 & 7, and 9 (Mars) Television Experiments
1967 - 1972

Member, PSAC Space Science & Technology Panel
1969 - 1975

Team Leader, Mariner 10 Television Experiment (Venus and Mercury)
1977 - 1979

Member-at-Large, Scientific Advisory Committee, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
1978 - 1984

Member, Board of Directors, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1980 - Present

Co-founder, The Planetary Society, Pasadena, California; Vice-President (1980-1997) President (1997-01 ), Chairman (01-Present)
1982, 1995

Visitor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
1982 - 1983

Research Associate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego
1982 - 1985

Member, Scientific Advisory Council, Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, California
1983

Visiting Professor, University of Paris, Pierre and Marie Curie Campus, Paris, France
1985 - 1988

Chairman, Technical Advisory Council, Comsat Corporation, Washington, D.C.
1986 - 1990

Interdisciplinary Scientist, Phobos '88 Mission (U.S.S.R.)
1988 - 1993

Member, Soviet-French Mars Balloon Team for Mars 96/98 ( Cancelled in 1993)
1990 - 1996

NASA Interdisciplinary Scientist, Mars '94 /'96 Mission, Russia. (failed, 1996)
1990 - 1993

Participating Scientist, U.S. Mars Observer Mission (Failed , 1993)
1990 - 1996

        Participating Scientist, US Mars Global Surveyor Mission

1995-Present

Member, U.S. Mars Oxidant Experiment Team on Mars'96 Small Station (Failed, 1996)
1992 - 1995

Consultant, 2050 Project, World Resources Institute
1992- 1996

Fellow, Markle Foundation
1994 - 1988

Visiting Professor, and Visitor, Institute of Astronautical Sciences, Japan
1995- Present

Member at Large, NASA Advisory Council
1995- 1999

Member of New Millenium Mars Microprobe team,(Failed, 1999)

        1995-1999 

Participating Scientist, US Mars Polar Lander and Mars Climate Orbiter Missions (Failed, 1999)

        1998-1999

Participant, "Closer To Truth", and Manager of www.closertotruth.com.

        1999-Present

Consultant, NASA Mars Program Independent Assessment Team.

        2000

E. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND HONORS

• American Astronomical Society, 1959 - Present. (Division of Planetary Science, 1969-Present.)
• American Geophysical Union, 1959-Present. Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1965-1968. President, Planetology Section, 1974-1975. Fellow, 1980-.
• American Association for Advancement of Science, 1969-Present. Board of Editors, Science, 1970-1972. Fellow, 1980-. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Science 80, 1980-1983.
• Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, George W. Goddard Award, 1967.
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, 1978-Present. Member of Executive Council, Western Region, 1994-96
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Von Karman Lecturer 1981.
• NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1971.
• NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 1974.
• Guggenheim Fellowship, 1975-1976.
• NASA Distinguished Service Medal, 1981, 1982.
• New York Academy of Sciences, The Boris Pregel Award for Applied Science and Technology, 1982.
• American Astronautical Society, Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, 1989
• American Institute of Physics, Science Writing Award in Physics and Astronomy, 1990    o  Japanese Rocket Society, Honorary Member, 2001-

   

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