Background
Bailey, Dana Kavanagh was born on November 22, 1916 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, United States. Son of Dana Clark and Dorothy (Kavanagh) Bailey.
Bailey, Dana Kavanagh was born on November 22, 1916 in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, United States. Son of Dana Clark and Dorothy (Kavanagh) Bailey.
Bachelor of Science with highest distinction, U. Arizona, 1937; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1940; Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes scholar) Queen's College, University of Oxford, 1940; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1943; Doctor of Science, University of Oxford, 1967.
Astronomer expedition to Peru for, Hayden Planetarium, New York City, 1937;
physicist Antarctic expedition, United States Antarctic Service, 1940-1941;
project engineer Project Research and Development, Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, California, 1946-1948;
physicist, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1948-1955;
physicist, consultant, National Bureau Standards, Boulder, Colorado, 1959-1966;
radiophysicist, research botanist, Space Environment Laboratory
radiophysicist, research botanist, Environmental Research laboratories
radiophysicist, research botanist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, 1966-1976;
science director, Page Communications Engineers, Inc., Washington, 1955-1959. United States Exchange representative British Antarctic Survey, Falkland Islands and Antarctica, 1967-1968. Research associate in physics Rhodes U., Grahamstown, Republic South Africa, 1970-1971.
Associate in gymnosperms U. Colorado Museum, since 1972. International chairman study group international radio consultative com.Internat. Telecommunication Union, Geneva, 1956-1978.
Served to major, Signal Corps Army of the United States, 1941-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Geography Society, Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Geography Society. Member Science Research Society of America (president Boulder branch 1967-1968), American Geophysical Union, American Astronomical Society, Geography Society Lima (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa., Sigma Xi Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Explorers (New York City).
