John Andrews Whitehead

Background

Whitehead, John Andrews was born on April 21, 1941 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Andrews Senior and Louise Estelle (Chapman) Whitehead.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Tufts U., 1963; Master of Science, Yale University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1968.

Career

Assistant research geophysicist Institute Geophysics & Planetary Physic, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969-1971; assistant scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1971-1974; associate scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1974-1988; senior scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, since 1988. Mme. steering committee summer study program Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, since 1975.

Achievements

• John Andrews Whitehead has been listed as a noteworthy Oceanographer, geodynamicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society (chairman division fluid dynamics 1982-1983), American Geophysical Union. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Meteorological Society, Oceanography Society, Planetary Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Linda Lee Dow, June 6, 1964. Children: Glen C., Wendilee V., Amie L.

Father:

John Andrews Senior Whitehead

Mother:

Louise Estelle (Chapman) Whitehead

Spouse:

Linda Lee Dow

child:

Wendilee V. Whitehead

child:

Glen C. Whitehead

child:

Amie L. Whitehead