Background
Lopik, Jack Richard Van was born on February 25, 1929 in Holland, Michigan, United States. Son of Guy M. and Minnie (Grunst) Van Lopik.
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Jack Richard Van Lopik
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Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1950; Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 1955.
Career
Geologist, section chief, assistant chief, chief geology branch, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1954-1961;
chief engineers environmental advisory board, United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1988-1992;
chief area evaluation section, technical director, manager Space and Environmental Science.Programs, technical requirements director geosciences operations, Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, 1961-1968;
department chairman marine science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1968-1974;
professor department marine science, director sea grant development, dean, Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1968-1991;
professor department oceanography and coastal science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1991. Director Gulf South Research Institute, 1974-1989. Member National Advisory Committee Oceans and Atmosphere, 1978-1984.
Member Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Committee USCG8th district, 1983-1994. Member of advisory county National Coastal Resources Research andDevel. Institute, since 1985.
Official delegate XX Congreso Internacional, Mexico City, 1956, XII General Assembly International Union Geodesy and Geophysics, Helsinki, 1960. Chairman panel on geography and land use National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, commission on remote sensing programs for earth resources surveys, 1969-1977.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Geological Society American, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Astronautical Society (director S.W. section 1967-1968), American Society Photogrammetry (director 1969-1972, chairman photo interpretation committee 1960, 65, representative earth science division National Research Council 1968-1971), American Geophysical Union, American Association Petroleum Geologists (academic advising committee 1973-1978), Association American Geographers, Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists (research committee 1962-1965), American Management Association, Society Research Adminstrs., Marine Technology Society, American Water Resources Association, Society American Military Engineers, Sea Grant Association (Executive Board directors 1972-1974, 80-82, 88-91, president-elect 1988-1989, president 1989-1990), National Ocean Industries Association (advisory county 1973-1983), National Conference Advancement Research (Executive Committee 1988-1992), Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation (board directors since 1989), Sigma Xi.
Connections
1 son, Charles Robert (deceased).
