Press, Frank, 1924-
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Press was chairman of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Press was Director of the Seismological Laboratory.
Co-Authors Phyllis Buwalda and Marcia Neugebauer were part of the JPL Space Sciences Division.
Frank Press was born on December 4, 1924. He served as Special Adviser for Science and Technology to President Jimmy Carter, and was director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 1977 to 1981.
Frank Press, 1924- , M.A. and Ph.D. in Geology, Columbia University, 1949; taught geophysics at Columbia University until 1955; taught geophysics at California Institute of Technology; professor and head of the Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1965. Science advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 - 1981 when he became president of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Lunar geology
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