Background

Eckhardt, Donald Henry was born on December 20, 1932 in Flushing, New York, United States. Son of Henry and Freda (Kludas) Eckhardt.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961.

Career

Geologist, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, 1955-1956; seismic interpreter, Mobil Oil Corporation, Caracas, Venezuela, 1956-1958; research associate, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1961-1963; research physicist, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1963-1975; chief geodesy and gravity branch, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, 1975-1983; director earth science, Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, since 1983. Chairman Geophysical Monographs Board, books Board.

Achievements

• Donald Henry Eckhardt has been listed as a noteworthy Geophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow International Association Geodesy (president special study group on gravimetrictests of Newtonian gravity law). Member American Geophysical Union.

Connections

Married Mary Victoria Quigley, November 18, 1955. Children: Ronald, Raina, Randall, Rebecca.

Father:

Henry Eckhardt

Mother:

Freda (Kludas) Eckhardt

Spouse:

Mary Victoria Quigley

child:

Randall Eckhardt

child:

Raina Eckhardt

child:

Rebecca Eckhardt

child:

Ronald Eckhardt