Background
Robinson, Allan Richard was born on October 17, 1932 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States.
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Allan Richard Robinson
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Bachelor, Harvard University, 1954; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Harvard University, 1959; Doctor honoris causa, U. Liege, Belgium, 1988.
Career
National Science Foundation fellow in meteorology and oceanography, Cambridge U., 1959-1960;
assistant professor to associate professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1968;
director Center Earth and Planetary Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1972-1975;
Gordon McKay professor geophysical fluid dynamics, Harvard University, Cambridge, since 1968;
Chairman of Commission oceanography, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1972-1987. Co-chairman Mid-Ocean Dynamics Expedition I Science Council National Science Foundation, 1971-1974. United States chairman United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Polymode Expedition, 1973-1981.
Co-chairman Physical Ocean East Mediterranean, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, since 1983;guest investigator Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1979-1980. CNOC professor Naval Postgraduate School, 1982. Visiting scientist Applied PhysicsLab.
Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., since 1986. Slichter visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles,1987. Franqui visiting professor U. Liege, Belgium, 1988.
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
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Married, 1955; 3 children.
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American