Murray Dryer

Background

Dryer, Murray was born on November 4, 1925 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Sol and Sarah (Shapiro) Dryer.

Education

Murray Dryer studied at Stanford University and became a Bachelor of Science in 1949. There his majoring was mechanics and engineering. He became a Master of Science in aeronautics in 1950. Dryer also studied at the Tel-Aviv University and got his PhD in physics and astronomy in 1970.

Career

Murray Dryer works at Chief Interplanetary Physics Branch since 1965. He's also a lecturer at the department of astrogeophysics at the University of Colorado since 1978. Dryer worked at the Space Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Research Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Achievements

• Murray Dryer has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who. He is an author of 6 books and 134 publications. Dryer held over 67 symposia proceedings. Has about 34 science reports.
  
  Murray Dryer was engaged in the huge collaboration with the Tel-Aviv University (solar & interplanetary dynamics).

Works

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  • INTERACTION OF A PLASMA CLOUD WITH THE EARTH'S MAGNETOSOPHERE 1967
  • ENERGY DEPOSITION IN THE SOLAR WIND BY FLARE-GENERATED SHOCK WAVES 1968
  • Solar Activity Observations and Predictions (Progress in astronautics and aeronautics) 1972
  • Exploration of the outer solar system. (Progress in astronautics and aeronautics, Volume 50) 1976

Membership

With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Committee Solar-Terrestrial Physics, International Astronomical Union, Committee Space Research, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Space Science award 1975), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Dryer married Geraldine Gray Goodsell on May 12, 1955 and has 2 children.