Background
III, Edward Ambrose Flinn was born on August 27, 1931 in Oklahoma City. Son of Edward Ambrose and Marion Catalina (Prater) F.
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Edward Ambrose Flinn III
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Bachelor of Science in Geophysics (William Barton Rogers scholar), Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics (National Science Foundation fellow 1953-1954), California Institute Technology, 1960; postgraduate (Fulbright scholar), Australian National U., 1958-1959; certificat, Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine et de Patesserie, 1971.
Career
Seismologist, United ElectroDynamics Inc., Pasadena, California, 1960-1962;
chief seismologist, laboratory seismic data, Teledyne Geotech, Alexandria, Virginia, 1962-1964;
director research, Teledyne Geotech, 1964-1968;
associate director, Alexandria laboratories, 1968-1974;
director lunar programs office space science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1975;
deputy director, chief scientist lunar and planetary programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1976-1977;
chief scientist earth and ocean programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1977;
chief scientist geodynamics program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1978-1985;
acting chief solid earth science geodynamics program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1985-1989. Member joint research panel Atomic Energy Commission-United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1963-1974. Visiting research associate California Institute Technology, 1969, 78.
Visiting associate professor geophysics Brown U., 1970. Consultant subcommittee planetology steering committee space science and applications National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969-1970, National Swedish Institute Building Research, Stockholm, 1970. Participant science exchange National Academy Science-Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1970.
Member committee lunar and planetary exploration National Academy Sciences, 1973-1975, member commission on seismology, 1973-1975, member commission on international geology, from 1982. Member of advisory committee earthquake studies United States Geological Survey, from 1975.
Achievements
Membership
Member of advisory board Northern Virginia branch Urban League, 1970-1971. Member Alexandria Council on Human Relations, 1970-1982. Member traffic board, Alexandria, 1972-1974.
Member Alexandria Democratic Committee, 1970-1974, Executive Board, 1971-1973. Fellow American Geophysical Union (secretary section seismology 1970-1974. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society, Royal Astronomical Society (editorial board Geophysical Journal 1969-1974), Association Earth Science Editors, International Union Geodesy and Geophysics (chairman commission planetary science 1976-1983, secretary Commision on International Coordination of Space Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics, secretary Intern-Association Committee Mathematics Geophysics 1971-1975), Seismological Society American, Society Exploration Geophysicists, Inter-Association Committee Mathematics Geophysics (secretary 1971-1975), International Council of Scientific Unions (secretary-general Inter-Union Commision on Lithosphere 1980-1986, member commission on publications and communications 1982-1986),89ers Society, Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Pi.
Connections
Married Jane Margaret Bott, December 29, 1962. 1 daughter, Susan Katherine.
