Background
Buckingham, Michael John was born on October 9, 1943 in Oxford, England. Son of Sidney George and Mary Agnes (Walsh) Buckingham.
Buckingham, Michael John was born on October 9, 1943 in Oxford, England. Son of Sidney George and Mary Agnes (Walsh) Buckingham.
Bachelor of Science with honours, U. Reading (England), 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Reading (England), 1971.
Postdoctoral research fellow, U. Reading, 1971-1974; senior science officer, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, England, 1974-1976; principal science officer, Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1976-1982; exchange scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1982-1984; visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1986-1987; senior principal science officer, Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1983-1986; senior principal science officer, Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1987-1990; professor oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, since 1990. Visiting professor Institute Sound and Vibration research, Southampton, England, since 1990;United Kingdom national representative communications of European Communities, Brussels, Belgium, 1989-1992. Director Arctic research Royal Aerospace Establishment, Farnborough, 1990-1994.
Fellow Institute Acoustics (United Kingdom), Institute Elec. Engineers (United Kingdom), Acoustical Society American (chairman acoustical oceanography technical committee since 1991, Science Writing award for professionals in acoustics 1997), Explorers Club. Member American Geophysical Union, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Margaret Penelope RoseBarrowcliff, July 15, 1967.