Background
Bates, Charles Carpenter was born on November 4, 1918 in near Harrison, Illinois, United States. Son of Carl Albert and Vera Elizabeth (Carpenter) Bates.
Bates, Charles Carpenter was born on November 4, 1918 in near Harrison, Illinois, United States. Son of Carl Albert and Vera Elizabeth (Carpenter) Bates.
Graduate (Rector scholar 1936-1939), DePauw University, 1939; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Oceanography, Texas A. and M. College, 1953; student, Catholic U., 1947-1948; student, Johns Hopkins, 1951; student, George Washington University, 1954.
Geophysical trainee, Carter Oil Corporation, 1939-1941;
special assistant to president, American Meteorological Society, 1945-1946;
member survey physical and geological environment Marshall Is. relative to pending Bikini atomic bomb tests, 1946;
with division oceanography, United States Navy Hydrographic Office, 1946-1957;
department director division, United States Navy Hydrographic Office, 1953-1957;
environmental surveillance coordinator, Office Development Coordinator, Office Naval Research, 1957-1960;
chief underground nuclear test detection branch, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Office Secretary Defense, 1960-1964;
science and technical director, United States Naval Oceanographic Office, 1964-1968;
science adviser to commandant, also chief scientist, Office Research and Development, United States Coast Guard, 1968-1979;
environmental consultant, since 1979. Vice president Spectrum International Associations, 1986-1988. Member board experts Civil Service Examiners, 1954-1960.
Member of advisory committee postdoctoral awards for Fulbright grants National Research Council, 1957-1960, chairman, 1959-1960. Visiting geoscientist American Geological Institute, 1959-1960. Member meteorology panel, space science board National Academy Science, 1959-1961.
Member Merchant Marine Council, 1968-1971, National Transportation ResearchBd., 1968-1971. Member sea grant advisory council Louisiana State University System, 1968-1979. Co-chairman United States-Japan panel marine facilities United States-Japan Natural Resource Program, 1969-1971.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1941-1945, lieutenant colonel United States Air Force Reserve, 1941-1965. Member American Geophysical Union (Chairman of Commission interaction sea and atmosphere 1950, member of council 1964-1967), Society Exploration Geophysicists (council 1963-1967, vice president 1965-1966, honorary member 1981), American Meteorological Society (Chairman of Commission industrial business and agricultural meteorology 1946-1948), American Association Petroleum Geologists (President's award 1954), American Management Association (research and development council 1970-1979), Sigma Xi.
Married Pauline Barta. Children: Nancy Ann, Priscilla Jane, Sally Jean.