Background
Long, Franklin Asbury was born on July 27, 1910 in Great Falls, Montana, United States. Son of Field Artillery and Ethel (Beck) Long.
Long, Franklin Asbury was born on July 27, 1910 in Great Falls, Montana, United States. Son of Field Artillery and Ethel (Beck) Long.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Montana, 1931; Master of Arts, University Montana, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1935.
Instructor chemistry, University of California, 1935-1936;
Instructor chemistry, University of Chicago, 1936-1937;
instructor chemistry, Cornell Univercity, 1937-1938;
professor, Cornell Univercity, 1939-1979;
professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity, since 1979;
department chairman, Cornell Univercity, 1950-1960;
vice president research and advanced studies, Cornell Univercity, 1963-1969;
Henry Luce professor science and society, Cornell Univercity, 1969-1979;
director program on science, technical and society, Cornell Univercity, 1969-1973;
director peace studies program, Cornell Univercity, 1976-1979. Adjunct Professor University of California, Irvine, since 1988. Director United Technology Corporation, Exxon Corporation, 1969-1981, consultant, 1970-1982.
Member President's Science Advisory Committee, 1961-1966. Assistant director United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1962-1963, consultant, 1963-1973, 77-79 director Arms Control Association, 1971-1976. Member of advisory committee forplanning and institutional affairs National Science Foundation, chairman, 1973-1974, member of advisory panel for policy research analysis, 1976-1980.
Co-chairman American Pugwash Steering Committee, 1974-1979. Member Indo-United States subcommittee for educational and cultural affairs, 1974-1982, co-chairman, 1977-1982. Board directors Association Universities, Inc., 1947-1974, honorary board directors, since 1975.
Board directors Albert Einstein Peace Prize Foundation,1979-, Fund for Peace, since 1981.
Faculty Trustee Cornell University, 1956-1957, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1970-1983, Fund for Peace, since 1981. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1976-1980, Abelson prize 1989). Member National Academy of Sciences, Council on Foreign Relations, American Chemical Society (Charles Lathrop Parsons award 1985).
Married Marion Thomas, 1937. Children: Franklin, Elizabeth.