Background
Rona, Peter Arnold was born on August 17, 1934 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Gustav G. and Elizabeth Rona.
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Peter Arnold Rona
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Education
AB, Brown U., l956; Master of Science, Yale University, l957; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, l967.
Career
Exploration geologist, Standard Oil Corporation, New Jersey, l957-59;
research associations, Hudson Labs, Columbia University, Dobbs Ferry, New York, l960-69;
senior research geophysicist, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida, l969-94;
professor marine geology and geophysics, Institute Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1994. Consultant on seafloor resources United Nations, New York City, since 1970. Trustee, advisor International Oceanographic Foundation, Miami, since 1981.
Cruise lecturer Royal Caribbean Line, 1991. Organizer Atlantic Deep Sea Research Center, since 1994.
Membership
Trustee Museum Science, Miami, l974-, also past chairman. Officer Dade CountyCultural Affairs Council, Miami, l979-84. Fellow Geological Society American (associate editor 1975-1982), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Explorers Club.
Member American Geophysical Union (associate editor 1988-1992), Society Economics Geologists, American Association Petroleum Geologists, Brown U. Club, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Donna Cook, August l6, l974. L child, Jessica.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Shepard medal Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, l986, gold medal unites states department Commerce, l987, outstanding science paper award National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, l989.Recipient Shepard medal Society Economics Paleontologists and Mineralogists, l986, gold medal unites states department Commerce, l987, outstanding science paper award National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, l989.