Background
Adkins, John Nathaniel was born on July 23, 1911 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Dauford and Martha Ellen (Cabbage) Adkins.
Adkins, John Nathaniel was born on July 23, 1911 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Dauford and Martha Ellen (Cabbage) Adkins.
Student, Stanford, 1927-1928; student, Sacramento Junior College, 1930-1932; Bachelor of Arts in Physics, University of California, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy in Seismology (U. fellow 1936-1938), 1939; Doctor of Philosophy National Research Council fellow, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1939-1941.
Staff division war research Columbia, 1941-1945. Supervising engineer antennas Airborne Instruments Laboratory, Incorporated, New York York City, 1945-1946. Assistant professor geophysics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1948.
Head geophysics branch Office Naval Research, 1948-1949. Director earth science division, 1949-1958. Deputy science director, 1954-1958.
Associate research director, 1958-1959. Assistant chief scientist, 1959-1972. Chairman division earth science National Research Council, 1958-1960.
Fellow Geological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Theta Tau. Clubs: Talbot Country.
Married Katherine Owen Jackson, May 17, 1941.