Background
Odishaw, Hugh was born on October 13, 1916 in N. Battleford, Canada. Son of Abraham and Miriam (Davajan) Odishaw.
Odishaw, Hugh was born on October 13, 1916 in N. Battleford, Canada. Son of Abraham and Miriam (Davajan) Odishaw.
Student, Princeton, 1939-1940.
Instructor Illinois Institute Technology, 1941-1944. With Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1944-1945, 45-46. Staff Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1945.
Assistant to director National Bureau Standards, 1946-1954.
Executive director United States national committee International Geophysical Year, 1954-1965. Director International Geophysical Year World Data Center A., 1954-1972.
Executive secretary, division physical science National Academy Sciences, 1966-1972. Dean College Earth Sciences, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1972-1984.
Fellow American Geophysical Union. Member American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marian Lee Scates, 1958.