El-Baz, Farouk, 1938-

Farouk El-Baz, January 2, 1938, Mansoura, Egypt; Bachelor of Science in chemistry and geology from Ain Shams University, 1958; Master of Science in geology from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), 1961; Phd, in geology from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1964; 978, El-Baz was appointed Science Adviser to President Anwar Sadat of Egypt; El-Baz taught Geology at Assiut University, Egypt (1958–1960) and the Heidelberg University, Germany (1964–1965). He joined the Pan American - U.A.R. Oil Company in 1966; key scientist who helped NASA plan and identify the Moon landing location for Apollo 11 historic moon landing in 1969, 1967 to 1972, El-Baz participated in the Apollo Program as Supervisor of Lunar Science Planning at Bellcomm Inc., a division of AT&T that conducted systems analysis for NASA, Secretary of the Landing Site Selection Committee for the Apollo lunar landing missions, Principal Investigator of Visual Observations and Photography, and Chairman of the Astronaut Training Group. In addition to being the scientist who played a key role in helping NASA decide on the ideal moon landing site for the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, El-Baz also served on the Apollo 15 rover mission in 1971; El-Baz joined the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC to establish and direct the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the National Air and Space Museum; 1973, NASA selected him as principal investigator of the Earth Observations and Photography Experiment on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP); Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); 1982 until he joined Boston University in 1986, he was vice president of Itek Optical Systems of Lexington, Massachusetts; Fellow of the Geological Society of America, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and of the National Academy of Engineering (USA)