Background
Savit, Carl Hertz was born on July 19, 1922 in New York City.
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Carl Hertz Savit
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Bachelor of Science with honors, California Institute Technology, 1942; Master of Science, California Institute Technology, 1943; postgraduate, California Institute Technology, 1943-1944, 46-48.
Career
Statistical consultant, Long Range Meteorology Project, United States Air Force, 1943-1944;
associate professor mathematics, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California, 1959-1960;
chief mathematics, Western Geophysical Company, Litton Industries, Inc., 1948-1960;
director systems research, Western Geophysical Company, Litton Industries, Inc., 1960-1965;
vice president research and development, Western Geophysical Company, Litton Industries, Inc., 1965-1970;
senior vice president, Western Geophysical Company, Litton Industries, Inc., 1971-1986;
consultant in field, 1986-1996. Assistant for earth, sea, air science to the United States President's Science Advisory. Chairman Interagy Committee for Atmospheric Sciences, 1970-1971.
Member panel On-Site Inspection Unidentified Seismic Events, 1961. Member President's panels on Disposition of Oil Leasing in the Santa Barbara Channel, Offshore Pollution, 1969. Member United States Initiatives in Transportation, 1971.
Member United States delegate to, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics,1971. Member Assembly Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Academy Sciences/National Research Council, 1977-1980. Member commission on seismology NAS/National Research Council, 1971-1975, chairman, 1972-1974, member United States national commission on tunneling, 1972-1975, chairman subcommittee on technical data andinfo., 1972-1975, member panel on earthquake prediction, NAS/National Research Council, 1973-1975, 87-90.
Director National Ocean Industries, Association, 1972-1981, vice Chairman of the Board,1973-1975, Chairman of the Board, 1975-1976. Member of national advising committee Texas Marine Biomed.Inst., 1973-1978. Member United States Coastal Zone Management Advisory Committee, 1975-1978.
Member energy research advisory board unites states department Energy, 1978-1981, Chairman of Commission on geothermal energy, 1979-1981. Chairman visiting committee University Texas Institute for Geophysics, since 1984. Member OCS policy committee Department Interior, 1985-1989.
Member computer systems technical advising committee United States Deputy Committee, 1989-1990, member of national sea grant review panel, 1990-1994. Adjunct Professor geophysics Rice U., 1988-1994. Visiting professor Netherlands National U. at Utrecht, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Served as Second lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Fellow Geological Society American. Member European Association Exploration Geophysicists, Marine Technology Society (Compass award for distinguished achievement 1979), Society Exploration Geophysicists (named Classic Author of Geophysics 1960,editor journal 1967-1969, president 1971-1972, chairman 43d annual meeting 1973, Kauffman gold medal 1979, honorary member), Acoustical Society American, American Management Association (member research and development council 1974-1976), International Association Geophysical Contractors (president 1973-1975 Distinguished Achievement award), World Geological Congress 1989 (honorary), National Academy Engineering, Sigma Xi.
Connections
M. Sandra Kaplan, July 6, 1946. Children: Mark, Deborah Savit Pearlman, Judith Savit Simon.
