Alan McCulloch Gaines

Background

Gaines, Alan McCulloch was born on November 13, 1938 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edward McCulloch and Dorothy (Hougland) Gaines.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1960; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1968.

Career

Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1960-1962; lecturer, University of Chicago, 1962-1964; research associate, University of Chicago, 1968-1969; assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1969-1976; associate program director geochemistry, National Science Foundation, 1976-1979; program director geochemistry, National Science Foundation, 1979-1987; head research grants section, National Science Foundation, since 1988; assistant to director for science and technical, National Science Foundation, 1992-1993.

Achievements

• Alan McCulloch Gaines has been listed as a noteworthy Government official, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (county 1971-1972), Mineral Society American. Member Geochem. Society, American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Margaret Shepherd, 1958 (divorced 1972). Children: Sean Frederick, Fredericka Victoria. Married Ruth L. Norman, 1975.

Children: Eric Edward, Lindsay Norman.

Father:

Edward McCulloch Gaines

Mother:

Dorothy (Hougland) Gaines

Spouse:

Margaret Shepherd

Spouse:

Ruth L. Norman

child:

Fredericka Victoria Gaines

child:

Lindsay Norman Gaines

child:

Sean Frederick Gaines

child:

Eric Edward Gaines