Background
REVELLE, Roger was born on March 7, 1909 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William R. and Ella R. (Dougan) Revelle.
REVELLE, Roger was born on March 7, 1909 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William R. and Ella R. (Dougan) Revelle.
Pomona College, and University of California.
Assistant Professor 1941-1946, Association Professor 1946-1948, Association Director 1948-1950, Acting Director 1950-1951, Director 1951-1964, Director Emeritus since 1964, Professor, of Oceanography 1948-1964. Director Louisiana Jolla Campus and Dean of School of Science and Engineering University of California 1958-1961. Science Adviser to Secretary of Interior 1961-1963.
University of California Dean of Research 1963-1964.
Richard Saltonstall Professor, of Population Policy, Faculty of Public Health, Harvard University 196479. Professor, of Science and Public Policy, University of California, San Diego since 1975.
Director Harvard Center for Population Studies 1964-1975. President 1974), American Geophysical Union, North.A.S., American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society.
Chairman 1961-1964); Chairman 1979-1983).
Numerous honorary degrees. Albatross; professional.
Institute Association of Physical Oceanography (President 1963-1967), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Naval Research Advisory Commission since 1959, United States National Commission, for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1958-1964. Committee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, and Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research.
Married Ellen Virginia Clark in 1931.