George Veronis

Background

Veronis, George was born on June 6, 1926 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Nicholas Emmanuel and Angeliki (Efthimakis) Veronis.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Lafayette College, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1954. Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1966.

Doctor of Science (honorary) Lafayette College 1997.

Staff meteorologist Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1953-1956. Staff mathematician Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts, 1956-1964, member of staff, director geophysical fluid dynamics summer program, 1959, associate professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1961-1964, research oceanographer, 1964-1966.

Professor geophysics and applied science Yale University, New Haven, since 1966, Henry Barnard Davis professor, since 1985, chairman geology and geophysics, 1976-1979, director.applied math, 1979-1993.

Career

Staff meteorologist Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1953—1956. Staff mathematician Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts, 1956—1964, member staff, director geophysical fluid dynamics summer program, since 1959. Associate professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1961—1964, research oceanographer, 1964—1966.

Professor geophysics and applied science Yale University, New Haven, since 1966, Henry Barnard Davis professor, since 1985, chairman geology and geophysics, 1976—1979, director applied math, 1979—1993. Editor Journal Marine Research, since 1973. Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946.

Achievements

• George Veronis has been listed as a noteworthy geophysics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Geophysical Union. Member National Academy of Sciences, Norwegian Academy Sciences (Robert L. and Bettie P. Cody award 1989, Henry Stommel Research award 1997).

Connections

Married Catherine Elizabeth Veronis, January 29, 1949 (divorced November 1962). Children: Melissa, Benjamin. Married Anna Margareta Olsson, November 8, 1963.

Father:

Nicholas Emmanuel Veronis

Mother:

Angeliki (Efthimakis) Veronis

Spouse:

Catherine Elizabeth Veronis

Spouse:

Anna Margareta Olsson

child:

Melissa Veronis

child:

Benjamin Veronis