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E.A.F was born in New New York
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Edward Allan Frieman East
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Education
New York University Tandon School of Engineering. Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Career
East.A.F. was the director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1986 through 1996. During World World War II he served as a deep-sea diving officer He was a participant in the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll.
After the war, Columbia University granted him a bachelor"s degree in engineering.
He received his master"s and doctorate degrees in physics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He spent 25 years at Princeton University, becoming a professor of astrophysical science.
He became an executive vice president of Science Applications International Corporation a high tech company, in Louisiana Jolla, in 1981. In 1986, East.A.F. became the director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, part of University of California, San Diego in Louisiana Jolla.
East.A.F. served on the boards of the American University in Paris and the United States.-Israel Binational Science Foundation.
Membership
National Academy of Sciences.
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Nationality
United States