Background
Fleming, John Adam was born on January 28, 1877 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Americus V. and Catherine B. (Ritzmann) Fleming.
Fleming, John Adam was born on January 28, 1877 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Americus V. and Catherine B. (Ritzmann) Fleming.
Bachelor of Science, University of Cincinnati, 1899, Doctor of Science, 1933. Doctor of Science, Dartmouth College, 1934.
Catherine; married second, Carolyn Ratjen, October 30, 1913. Aid, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1899-1903, assistant, 1903, magnetic observer, 1904-1910. Chief magnetician of the department of terrestrial magnetism, Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1904-1946, chief observatory division, 1915-1918, chief magnetic survey division, 1919-1921, assistant director, 1922-1929, acting director 1929-1934, director 1935-1946, retired in 1946.
Adviser of Carnegie Institution, Washington, in international scientific relations, 1946-1954.
Trustee of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1930-1950, Washington Biophysical Institute, 1940-1946. President Temporary Commission on Liquidation of International Polar Year, 1932-1933, 1948-1950.
President Association Terrestial Magnetism and Electrical International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 1930-1948.
Member International Commission Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 1930-1946.
Member International Commission for Polar Year, 1931-1947. Member of executive council International Council of Scientific Unions, since 1937 (president 1946-1949). Member National Research Council, delegate to assemblies of International Union Geodesy and Geophysics.
Acting chairman, American section Aeroartic, 1929-1933. delegate from National Research Council to Stockholm Assembly, 1930, Lisbon Assembly, 1933, Edinburgh Assembly, 1936, Washington Assembly, 1939, of International Union Geodesy and (Geophysics.
Member International Commission Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 1930-1946. Member International Commission for Polar Year, 1931-1947. Member of executive council International Council of Scientific Unions, since 1937 (president 1946-1949).
Member National Research Council, delegate to assemblies of International Union Geodesy and Geophysics.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Academy Sciences, American Physical Society, American Geography Society. Member National Academy Sciences (chairman section on geophysics, 1951-1954), American Institute of Mining and Metallurgic Engineers, American Geophysical Union (general secretary, 1925-1947, honorary president since 1947), Seismological Society of America, Maryland.
Academy Science, Pnilos. Society Washington (secretary 1913-1916, president 1925), National Institute of Social Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Member State Russian Geography Society, Royal Society of New Zealand, correspondent.
Member Michelsen Institute Science and Intellectual Freedom of Norway, Geophysical Society of Finland. Member Norwegian Academy Sciences and Letters, Geological Society of Peru, Geographical Society of Lima. Club: Cosmos.
Married Henrietta C. B. Ratjen, June 17, 1903 (died March 26, 1912). Married second, Carolyn Ratjen, October 30, 1913.