Background
Ames, Oakes was born on October 9, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Amyas and Evelyn Ingeborg (Perkins) Ames.
Ames, Oakes was born on October 9, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Amyas and Evelyn Ingeborg (Perkins) Ames.
AB, Harvard University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1957; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Connecticut College, 1988.
Instructor, then assistant professor physics, Princeton University, 1958-1966;
associate professor, then professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1966-1974;
assistant to president, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1966-1968;
department chairman physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1970-1974;
president, Connecticut College, New London, 1974-1988. Visiting fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988-1989. Executive director New York Academy Sciences, 1989-1991, Empire State fellow, 1991-1992.
Visiting professor environmental studies Connecticut College, 1994. Chairman Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, Connecticut, 1974-1981.
Chairman, member Executive Committee Connecticut Conference Indiana Colls., 1977-1979. Trustee Foundation for Indiana Higher Education, 1986-1988. Member task force on non-governmental organizations Carnegie Commision on Science, Technology and Government, 1989-1992.
Board directors Environmental Advisers, since 1993, president, since 1994. Board directors National Audubon Society, since 1994. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, Connecticut Academy Science.and Engineering, New York Academy Sciences, Council Foreign Rels., Century Association (New York City).
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Married Louise Voorhees Kimball, June 25, 1960. Children: Geoffrey A., Michael P., Stephen L., Mira K.