Christopher Northrup Kennard Mooers

Background

Mooers, Christopher Northrup Kennard was born on November 11, 1935 in Hagerstown, Maryland. Son of Frank Burt and Helen (Miner) Mooers.

Education

Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1957; Master of Science, U. Connecticut, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Oregon State University, 1969.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, U. Liverpool, England, 1969-1970; assistant professor, U. Miami, Florida, 1970-1972; associate professor, U. Miami, Florida, 1972-1976; associate professor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1976-1978; professor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1978-1979; professor, department chairman oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1979-1986; director, Institute Naval Oceanography, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 1986-1989; science advisor to director, Institute for Naval Oceanography, 1989; research professor, U. N.H., Durham, 1989-1991; professor, chairman division applied marine physics, U. Miami, 1991-1993; director Ocean Pollution Research Center, U. Miami, since 1992. Coordinator Coastal Ocean Sciences Program, since 1991.

Achievements

• Christopher Northrup Kennard Mooers has been listed as a noteworthy Physical oceanographer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1957-1964. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Oceanography Society (interim councilor 1987-1988), American Geophysical Union (president ocean science section 1982-1984), Eastern Pacific Oceanic Conference (chairman 1979-1986), United States National Committee International Union Geodesy and Geophysics (chairman since 1996), U. National Oceanog. Laboratory Sys./Fleet Improvement Committee(chair 1994-1997), American Meteorological Society (chairman science and technical activitiescom. on the meteorology and oceanography of the Coastal Zone since 1996), Marine Technology Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Eva Fauntleroy, June11, 1960. Children: Blaine Hanson MacFee, Randall Walden Lincoln.

Father:

Frank Burt Mooers

Mother:

Helen (Miner) Mooers

Spouse:

Elizabeth Eva Fauntleroy

child:

Blaine Hanson MacFee Mooers

child:

Randall Walden Lincoln Mooers