Background
Briscoe, Melbourne G. was born on July 17, 1941 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Melbourne L. and Adelaide Briscoe.
Briscoe, Melbourne G. was born on July 17, 1941 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Melbourne L. and Adelaide Briscoe.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Mech. Engineering and Astronautical Science, Northwestern University, 1967.
With space power supply division, Aerojet-General Corporation, Azusa, California, 1963;
with marine division, Westinghouse Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, 1967;
postdoctoral fellow, Von Karman Institute Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium, 1967-1968;
postdoctoral fellow, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Anti-Submarine Warfare Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy, 1968-1969;
with oceanography group, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Anti-Submarine Warfare Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy, 1969-1972;
assistant scientist physical oceanography department, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1972-1976;
associate scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1977-1989;
director applied oceanography and acoustics division, Office of Naval Research, 1989-1992;
director office of ocean and earth science, National Ocean Svc., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland., since 1992. On intergovernmental personnel assignment Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, 1987-1989. Acting head United States Global Ocean Observing System, member United States interagency committee.
Member scientific steering committee United States GLOBEC. Consultant in field.
Member Acoustical Society American, American Geophysical Union (journals board 1982-1984, editor Oceanic Internal Waves 1985), American Meteorological Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, MarineTech. Society, The Oceanography Society (secretary).
Married Vicky Sue Cullen, December 19, 1964 (divorced 1975). Married Ellen Dana Straus Wood, February 26, 1983.