Background
Drake, Charles Lum was born on July 13, 1924 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ervin Thayer and Elizabeth (Lum) Drake.
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Charles Lum Drake
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Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Princeton, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1958.
Career
Research associate Lamont Geological Observatory, Columbia University, New York City, 1948-1956;
senior scientist Lamont Geological Observatory, 1956-1958;
acting assistant director Lamont Geological Observatory, 1963-1965;
member of faculty geology department, 1958-1969;
professor geology, department chairman, 1967-1969;
professor department geology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1969-1994;
department chairman geology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1978-1979;
dean grad studies, associate dean science division, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1979-1982;
professor emeritus, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., since 1994. Member committees National Academy Science, National Science Foundation, National Aero. Space Administration, 1964-1986.
Member National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, 1971-1974. Chairman earth science division National Research Council, 1973-1976, member geophysical research board, 1968-1982.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Village S. Nyack, New York, 1963-1965, 66-69, deputy mayor, 1968-1969. President 28th International Geological Congress, 1989. Member President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 1990-1992.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member International Council of Scientific Unions (president interunion commission on geodynamics 1970-1975, chairman United States Geodynamics committee 1970-1978, chairman United States national commission geology 1979-1981), American Geophysical Union (president 1984-1986), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Am.Assn. Petroleum Geologists, Geological Society American (president 1976-1977), Geological Society France (honorary), Seismological Society American, Royal Astronomical Society, Society Exploration Geophysicists, Marine Technology Society, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Martha Ann Churchill, June24, 1950. Children— Mary Aiken, Caroline Elizabeth, Susannah Churchill.
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American