Frank Press
1924
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2020
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country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Columbia University, City College of New York
occupation: physicist, seismologist, geophysicist
award received: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Arthur L. Day Medal, Lomonosov Gold Medal, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, National Medal of Science, William Bowie Medal, AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize, Japan Prize, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Beno Gutenberg Medal, Maurice Ewing Medal
Frank Press (December 4, 1924 – January 29, 2020) was an American geophysicist. He was an advisor to four U.S. presidents, and later served two consecutive terms as president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1981–1993). He was the author of 160 scientific papers and co-author of the textbooks Earth and Understanding Earth. Press served on the 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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