Background
Duce, Robert Arthur was born on April 9, 1935 in Midland, Ontario, Canada. Son of Leonard Arthur and Irma Harriet (Gynn) Duce.
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Robert Arthur Duce
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Education
Bachelor cum laude, Baylor University, 1957; postgraduate, U. Colorado, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964.
Career
Teaching assistant department chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1962;
research assistant in geochemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1963;
United States Public Health Service predoctoral fellow in air pollution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1964;
research associate department geology and geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1964-1965;
from assistant professor to associate professor of chemistry, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1965-1970;
associate professor oceanography, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1970-1973;
professor oceanography, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1973-1991;
director Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1981-1991;
dean Graduate School Oceanography, vice provost marine affairs, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1987-1991;
professor oceanography and meteorology, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1991;
dean college geosciences and maritime studies, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1991-1997. Visiting professor Institute Marine Sciences, University Texas, Pt. Aransas, summer 1975.
Visiting scientist aeronomy laboratory National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Research laboratories, Boulder, Colorado, 1977. Collaborateur etranger CFR/National Center Science Research, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1976-1977. William Evans visiting professor of chemistry U. Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1983.
Participant distinguished lecture series in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Joint Working Group on Effects of Marine Pollution, 1974. Member board atmospheric science and climate NAS/National Research Council, 1982-1986, 89-93, member committee atmospheric chemistry, 1987-1990, Chairman of Commission haze in national parks and wilderness areas, 1990-1993. Chair NAS/National Research Council Panel on Global Tropospheric Chemistry, 1982-1985.
Senior visiting fellow National Environmental Research Council, Great Britain, 1984. Board of Governors Joint Oceanographic Institutions, 1987-1997, vice chair, 1990-1991, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, 1994-1997, vice chair, 1994-1996. Trustee University Corporation Atmospheric Research, 1986-1993, secretary, 1987-1990, member Executive Committee, 1987-1990, member budget and program committee, 1987-1988, member personnel committee, 1990-1993.
Member Executive Committee Ocean Drilling Program, 1987-1997. Member Executive Committee National Association State Universities and Land Grant Colls. Board Oceans and Atmospheres, 1993-1997.
Member of advisory committee geosciences National Science Foundation, 1994-1997. President International Association of Meteorogy and Atmosphere Sciences, since 1995. Visiting pro. environmental science U. E. Anglia, England, 1997-1998.
Achievements
Membership
Captain United States Air Force, 1957-1961. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman-elect section atmospheric and hydrospheric science 1986-1987, chairman of the section atmospheric and hydrospheric science 1987-1988, member county 1990-1993), American Meteorological Society (member county 1988-1991), American Geophysical Union. Member The Oceanography Society (president-elect 1994-1996, president 1996-1998), American Chemical Society (secretary-treasurer Hawaiian section 1967, chairman-elect Hawaiian section 1969), Geochem.
Society, American Geological Institute, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi.
Interests
Connections
Married Mary Elizabeth Untz, June 8, 1968. Children: Patricia Jean, David Robert.
