Dr. Frank PRESS Partner, Washington Advisory Group, Washington DC
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1946 | Columbia University, M.A. |
1949 | Ph.D. (geophysics) |
1949-1955 | Instructor, Associate Professor (geophysics), Columbia University |
1955-1965 | Professor, California Institute of Technology |
1965-1977 | Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1981-1987 | President, National Academy of Sciences |
1977-1980 | Science Advisor to the President |
since 1996 | Principal, Washington Advisory Group |
Mitgliedschaften
American Academy of Arts and Sciences | |
Geological Society of America | |
Royal Astronomical Society | |
American Philosophical Society | |
The Russian Academy of Sciences | |
Romanian Academy of Sciences | |
U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
Auszeichnungen
Columbia Medal for Excellence, 1959 | |
Cross of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany, 1993 | |
The Japan Prize, 1993 | |
Pupin Medal, Columbia University, 1993 | |
National Medal of Science, 1994 | |
Lomonosov Gold Medal, the highest award of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1998 | |
several honorary degrees |