Curtis Allan Collins

Background

Collins, Curtis Allan was born on September 16, 1940 in Des Moines. Son of Ralph Charlie and Noma Lovella (Buckley) Collins.

Education

Graduate School, Monterey, 1987, Chairman. Graduate fellow National Science Foundation, 1995, Fulbright fellow Instituto Investigaciones Oceanológicas U. Autonomia de Baja, California.

Career

Instructor Chapman College (California) in Barcelona, Spain, 1964. 3d mate on ship Reynolds Metals, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1967-1968. Research scientist Government of Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, 1968-1970.

Ocean engineer Cities Svc.

Oil, Tulsa, 1970-1972. Program director National Science Foundation, Washington, 1972-1987, professor, department oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, 1987, chairman 87-94.

Guest investigator Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Massachusetts), 1983. Commissioner Moss Landing Harbor District, 1993-1994, president 1994. visiting professor University of California, Santa Cruz, 1998.

Oceanography editor Geophysical Research Letters, 1996-1998.

Achievements

• Curtis Allan Collins has been listed as a noteworthy oceanographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to captain United States Naval Reserve. Member American Geophysical Union(Oceans Sciences award 1985, president ocean science section, 1993-1994), Ocean Society Japan, American Meteorological Society.

Connections

Married Judith Ann Petersen, December 22, 1962. Children: Nathaniel Christopher and Hillary Victoria.

Father:

Ralph Charlie Collins

Mother:

Noma Lovella (Buckley) Collins

Spouse:

Judith Ann Petersen

child:

Nathaniel Christopher and Hillary Victoria Collins