Background
Fye, Paul McDonald was born on August 6, 1912 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Orlando and Jennie (McDonald) Fye.
Fye, Paul McDonald was born on August 6, 1912 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Orlando and Jennie (McDonald) Fye.
Bachelor of Science, Albright College, 1935. Doctor of Science (honorary), Albright College, 1955. Doctor of Science (honorary), Tufts University, 1970.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Southeast Massachusetts University, 1970. Doctor of Science (honorary), Florida Institute of Technology, 1973. Doctor of Science (honorary), Long Island University, 1978.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1939. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Northeastern University, 1974.
Assistant professor Hofstra University, Hemstead, New York, 1939-1941. Research associate high explosives National Defense Research Committee, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1941-1942. Research supervisor underwater explosives research laboratory Woods Hole (Massachusetts), Oceanographic Institute, 1942-1944, deputy research director to research director, 1944-1947.
Associate professor of chemistry University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1947-1948.
Deputy chief Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland., 1948-1951, chief explosives research department, 1951-1956, associate technical director research, 1956-1958. Director Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1958-1977, president, 1961-1986, president emeritus, 1986-1988.
Director Lord Abbett Funds, Development Science, Incorporated. Trustee Bermuda Biological Station Trustee Har Branch Foundation, 1975-1981, CapeCod Community College, 1961-1980, Center for Oceans Law an Policy, University of Virginia, 1975-1988, International Atlantic Salmon Foundation, 1970.
Member of advisory board Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 1973-1980, trustee, 1980-1988.
Member of advisory board New England Aquarium, from 1970.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, Council Foreign Relations, Marine Technology Society (president 1968-1969), United States Naval Institute, Boston Marine Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Epsilon Chirurgical Died March 11, 1988.
Married Ruth Elizabeth Heym, April 26, 1942. Children: Kenneth, Elizabeth.