Background
Dietz, Frank Tobias was born on August 13, 1920 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Frank Charles and Otillia (Wasserman) Dietz.
Dietz, Frank Tobias was born on August 13, 1920 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Frank Charles and Otillia (Wasserman) Dietz.
Bachelor of Science, Bates College, 1942. Master of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1951.
Instructor physics Pennsylvania State University, 1947-1949, research assistant, 1949-1951. Associate underwater acoustics Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1951-1954. Assistant professor physics, research associate physical oceanographer University Rhode Island, 1954-1956, assistant professor physics, 1956-1958, associate professor, 1958-1964, professor, since 1964, professor physics and oceanography, 1968-1976, professor physics, 1976-1983, professor emeritus, since 1983, acting chairman department physics, 1971-1973.
Assistant dean University Rhode Island (College Arts and Sciences), 1973, associate dean, 1974-1976. Visiting associate professor marine science University Miami, 1963-1964.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944. Fellow Acoustical Society of America. Member American Association Physics Teachers, American Geophysical Union, Delta Phi Alpha, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Thera Louise Bushnell, February 24, 1945. Children: Martha Dietz Beyersdorf, Thomas Frank.