John Sloan Dickey

Background

Dickey, John Sloan was born on January 24, 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Sloan Senior and Christina Margaret (Gillespie) Dickey.

Education

Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1963; Master of Science, Otago U., Dunedin, New Zealand, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1969.

Career

Field geologist, British Newfoundland Exploration, Springdale, 1963; research associate, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1970; research associate college observatory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1970; research associate college observatory, Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1970-1972; assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1972-1976; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1976-1979; program director geochemistry department, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1979-1981; professor geology, head geology department, Syracuse (New York) U., 1981-1988; dean science, mathematics and engineering departments, Trinity U., San Antonio, 1988-1998; director education and research, American Geophysical Union, Washington, since 1998. President Centaur Geological Superior vena cava syndrome Inc., Boston, 1978-1982.

Achievements

• John Sloan Dickey has been listed as a noteworthy Science association director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Mineral. Society American. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geochem. Society (treasurer 1987-1993), American Geophysical Union, Geological Society Washington, International Association Cosmology and Geochemistry, Lawrence Durrell Society.

Connections

Married Joan Elizabeth Cass, December 28, 1963 (divorced 1977). 1 child, Nathaniel Hudson. Married Lynn McMath, June 6, 1978.

Father:

John Sloan Senior Dickey

Mother:

Christina Margaret (Gillespie) Dickey

Spouse:

Lynn McMath

Spouse:

Joan Elizabeth Cass

child:

Nathaniel Hudson Dickey