J. Freeman GILBERT

Background

GILBERT, J. was born on August 9, 1931 in Vincennes, Indiana, United States. Son of James Freeman Gilbert and Gladys (Paugh) Gilbert.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Career

Assistant Research Geophysicist, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles 1957, Assistant Professor, of Geophysics, 1958-1959, Professor 1961, Association Director 1976-1988. Senior Research Geophysicist, Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas 1960-1961. Consultant, AMOCO, Tulsa, Oklahoma since 1980.

Chairman Graduate.

Department Scripps Institute Oceanography, Louisiana Jolla since 1988. Guggenheim Fellow 1964-1965, 1972-1973. Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge, England 1972-1973.

Fairchild scholar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 1987.

Fellow American Geophysical Union, North.A.S.

Works

• Other Work

  • Numerous book chapters and articles in scientific journals.

Membership

American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, Seismology Society of America, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, American Mathematics Society, Royal Astronomical Society.

Connections

Married Sally Bonney in 1959.

Father:

James Freeman Gilbert

Mother:

Gladys (Paugh) Gilbert

Spouse:

Sally Bonney