Person Press; Frank; geophysicist Press Frank geophysicist 1924 - 2020 American Male Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 04/12/1924 19241204 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 29/01/2020 20200129

geophysicist Seismology Geophysics Education: Samuel J. Tilden High School in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn 1941; City College of New York BS 1944; Columbia University MS, PhD 1949 Career: Appointed to the faculty of Columbia, here he developed the Press-Ewing seismometer and cofounded the Lamont Geological Observatory (now the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory); Seismological Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (1955); suceeded Beno Gutenberg as Director (1957); became Head of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1965); science adviser and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (1977); elected president of the NAS (1981); retired from NAS AND founded the Washington Advisory Group (WAG) (1993). Memberships: RAS Russian Academy of Sciences Awards/Medals: William Bowie Medal 1979 Japan Prize 1993 Vannevar Bush Award 1994 US National Medal of Science 1994 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize 1994 Lomonosov Gold Medal 1997 Pick and Gavel Award of the Association of American State Geologists 2007 Spouse: Billie Kallick (m. 1946), (d. 2009). Children: William H. Press of Austin, Texas, and Paula E. Press of Chapel Hill. Made a number of significant contributions in the areas of seismology and earthquake prediction, the structure of the Earth’s crust and mantle, and towards our understanding of the Moon’s composition. Noted for his service in a variety of scientific leadership and advisory positions, including as Science Advisor to the President of the United States from 1977–1981, and as the President of the US National Academy of Sciences from 1981–1993. He has also written a number of popular earth science textbooks. Foreign Member 27/06/1985 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor Frank Press ForMemRS, [https://royalsociety.org/people/frank-press-12119/] Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT News, Michaela Jarvis, 7 February 2020, Frank Press, MIT geophysicist and U.S. science adviser, dies at 95, [URL: https://news.mit.edu/2020/frank-press-geophysicist-science-adviser-dies-0207; last accessed: 12/02/2025] Science-AAS, Marcia McNutt, 6 March 2020, Frank Press (1924–2020), URL: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb2626; last accessed: 12/02/2025] PNAS, Vol. 117 | No. 17, Thomas H. Jordan, 16 April 2020, Frank Press, A life of magnitude, [URL: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2004812117; last accessed: 12/02/2025] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RCN 1474 4 Dec 1924 - The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 12/02/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA4115 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 06/05/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 4efc12db-c0ca-41a4-988e-adbe293e0cdc