John Tsungfen Kuo

Background

Kuo, John Tsungfen was born on April 1, 1922 in Hangchow, Chejiang, China. Son of Lee Chen and Che Chen (Ping) Kuo. came to the United States, 1949. Naturalized, 1967.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Geology, Physics and Mathematics, U. Redlands, 1952; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Redlands, 1978; Master of Science in Geophysics, California Institute Technology, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics, Stanford University, 1958.

Career

Assistant professor, San Jose (California) St. College, 1957-1960; research associate, Stanford University, 1958-1960; research scientist, Columbia University, New York City, 1960-1964; associate professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1964-1967; professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1967-1983; Vinton professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1983-1985; Ewing and Worzel professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1985-1992; Ewing and Worzel professor emeritus, Columbia University, New York City, since 1992. Participant DEEPSCAN, 1963. Director Aldridge Laboratory Applied Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty's Underground Geophysical Observatory, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, 1967-1977, Columbia University, since 1970, Project Migration, Inversion, Diffraction and Scattering, 1979-1989.

Distinguished senior visiting scholar U. Cambridge, England, 1970-1971. Visiting professor University Texas, Austin, 1977-1978, Cornell Univercity, New York, 1978, 92-97, Technische U. Clausthal, Federal Republican of Germany, 1987. Adjunct Professor Cornell Univercity, 1992-1998.

Columbia University delegate People's Republic of China, 1979;technical advisory 20th District Congressman, since 1983. Honorary professor, co-director integrated basin studies Chengdu Institute Technology, People's Republic of China, 1986. Honorary professor Academia Sinica, since 1979, China U. Geophysical Society, Beijing, 1992.

Honorary senior researcher Institute Geophysics, State Seismological Bureau, People's Republic of China, 1995.

Achievements

• John Tsungfen Kuo has been listed as a noteworthy Geophysicist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Geological Society American, Royal Astronomical Society United Kingdom. Member International Union Geodesy and Geophysics (fellow Association Geodesy, president permanent commission for Earth tides 1979-1987), American Geophysical Union (life, associate editor Geophysics Review), Society Exploration Geophysicists (representative-at-large, committee member, Chairman of Commission), Seismological Society American, Petroleum Exploration Society New York, Redlands Round Table (honorary), China Geophysical Society (foreign correspondent), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Marilyn Dunlap, April 14, 1957;children: Ping Andrea, Sonya Sue, J. David.

Father:

Lee Chen Kuo

Mother:

Che Chen (Ping) Kuo

Spouse:

Marilyn Dunlap

child:

J. David Kuo

child:

Ping Andrea Kuo

child:

Sonya Sue Kuo