Background
Nichols, Frederic Hone was born on November 28, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lorrel Brayton and Carolyn Merriam (Hone) Nichols.
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Frederic Hone Nichols
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AB, Hamilton College, 1960; Master of Science, U. Washington, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Washington, 1972.
Career
Teaching assistant, research assistant, U. Washington, Seattle, 1965-1972;
oceanographer, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, since 1971;
associate chief branch Pacific marine geology, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, 1979-1982;
chief branch regional research, water resources division, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, since 1990. Visiting scientist U. Kiel, Federal Republic Germany, 1975-1976. Governing bd.Tiburon Center Environmental Studies, 1977-1986, chairman, 1982-1983.
Panelist National Research Council-National Academy Sciences, 1987-1989. Member San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Science and Technology Advisory Committee, since 1986. Technical advanced.com.
San Francisco Estuary Project, Environmental Protection Agency, since 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Member Palo Alto (California) Planning Commission, 1977-1982, technical advising committee SanFrancisco Estuary Institute, since 1994. Fellow California Academy Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (Executive Committee Pacific division 1988-1992, president 1989-1990), Estuarine Research Federation (chairman organizing committee international conference 1991, president 1993-1995), American Society Limnology and Oceanography (secretary-treasurer Pacific section 1978-1982), Biological Society Washington, Ecological Society American, Oceanography Society, Pacific Estuarine Research Society, Western Society Naturalists, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Kirstin Margaret Clark, June 27, 1971. Children: Matthew Clark, John Hone, Andrew Larsen.
