Frank Press
American geophysicist
Frank Press 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. He was the author of 160 scientific papers and co-author of the... Wikipedia
Born: December 4, 1924, New York, NY
Died: January 29, 2020 (age 95 years), Chapel Hill, NC
Books: Planet earth
Academic advisor: Maurice Ewing
Notable students: Don L. Anderson, Charles Archambeau, and Ari Ben-Menahem
Education: Columbia University (1949) and The City College of New York (1944)