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Farr, Thomas Galen was born on February 7, 1952 in Cleveland. Son of Robert Galen and Pauline Marie (Kramer) Farr.
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Thomas Galen Farr, American Geologist. Achievements include discovery new rock coating process responsible for color changes on older Hawaiian lava flows. Member Geosci. and Remote Sensing Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (best paper of year award1988), Geological Society American, American Geophysical Union.
Education
Bachelor of Science, California Institute Technology, 1974; Master of Science, California Institute Technology, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Washington, 1981.
Career
Engineering geologist, Moore & Taber, Sacramento, 1974-1975;
scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1975-1979;
research assistant, U. Washington, Seattle, 1979-1981;
member technical staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, since 1981;
group supervisor, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 1990-1992. Member working groups shuttle imaging radar-C National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1984-1986, Alaska synthetic aperture radar facility, 1987-1989, solid earth science program, 1989. Principal investigator shuttle imaging radar-B, 1984, shuttle imagingradar-C, since 1988.
Visiting scholar committee for scholarly communications with People's Republic of China NAS, 1986.
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Member Geosci. and Remote Sensing Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (best paper of year award1988), Geological Society American, American Geophysical Union.
