Robert Arthur Knox

Background

Knox, Robert Arthur was born on January 15, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of James Milton and Virginia Matilda Knox.

Education

AB, Amherst College, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1971.

Career

Research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1971-1973; assistant research oceanographer, Scripps Institute Oceanography/University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1973-1981; academic administrator, Scripps Institute Oceanography/University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1980-1990; associate research oceanographer, Scripps Institute Oceanography/University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1981-1986; research oceanographer, Scripps Institute Oceanography/University of California San Diego, La Jolla, since 1986; acting chair, chair ocean research division, Scripps Institute Oceanography/University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1988-1989; director physical oceanography research division, Scripps Institute Oceanography/University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1989-1991; associate director, Scripps Institute Oceanography/University of California San Diego, La Jolla, since 1992. Senior visiting fellow Wolfson College, University of Oxford, England, 1983.

Achievements

• Robert Arthur Knox has been listed as a noteworthy Oceanographer, academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Coach, coordinator, vice president, president Del Mar (California) Youth Soccer Club, 1981-1990. Member American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Oceanography Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, soccer.

Connections

Married Dorothy Chapin Hall, June 18, 1966. Children: Leila Elizabeth, James Chapin.

Father:

James Milton Knox

Mother:

Virginia Matilda Knox

Spouse:

Dorothy Chapin Hall

child:

James Chapin Knox

child:

Leila Elizabeth Knox