Maurice Ewing
Maurice Ewing | |
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University of Texas | |
Thesis | Calculation of ray paths from seismic travel-time curves (1931) |
Doctoral advisor | Harold A. Wilson |
William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Ewing has been described as a pioneering
Biography
He was born in
Ewing worked as an instructor at the Rice Institute while pursuing his PhD before joining the faculty at Lehigh University in 1930, where he served until 1944.[8] While at Lehigh, he was instrumental in initiating a program in geophysics. In 1944 he married Margaret Sloan Kidder, with whom he had four children.[9]
He moved to Columbia University, becoming a professor of geology in 1947. In 1959 he was named the Higgins Professor of Geology at Columbia. Dr. Ewing (often simply called 'Doc' by those who worked with him) was the founder (established in 1949) and first director of Lamont Geological Observatory (now known as Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) in Palisades, New York) where he worked with J. Lamar Worzel (gravity specialist), Dr. Frank Press (seismologist), Jack Nafe, Jack Oliver, and geologists and oceanographic cartographers Dr. Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp.
The former LDEO
He divorced a second time, and married his third wife Harriet Greene Bassett in 1965. In 1972 he joined the
During his career he published over 340 scientific papers. He served as president of the
Ewing suffered a fatal stroke in 1974 in Galveston, Texas.[9]
Awards and honors
- Penrose Medal, 1974 (posthumously)
- Walter H. Bucher Medal, 1974
- William Bowie Medal, 1957
- Arthur L. Day Medal, 1949
- National Academy of Sciences, 1963[11]
- Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, 1955
- Sidney Powers Memorial Medal, 1968
- Robert Earl McConnell Award, 1973
- National Medal of Science, 1973
- Vega Medal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, 1965
- Cullum Geographical Medal of the American Geographical Society, 1961
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1964
- Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 1948
- Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1956[12]
- Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1972)[1]
- Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1938
- Elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1938[13]
- Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1951
- Elected to the American Philosophical Society, 1959
- Foreign Member of the Geological Society of London, 1964
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1938, 1953, 1955
- Vetlesen Prize, 1960[14]
- Eleven honorary degrees
- Geophysics Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch Marine Science Institute was renamed Maurice Ewing Hall.
- The Maurice Ewing Medals of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and American Geophysical Union were named after him.
- The lunar wrinkle ridge Dorsa Ewing was named after him.
See also
References
- ^ S2CID 58639151.
- .
- ^ Maurice Ewing and the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
- PMID 16589019.
- PMID 16590271.
- PMID 16590390.
- ISBN 9780403099924.
- ^ www.lehigh.edu https://www.lehigh.edu/~inspc/Lehigh_History/physics-history.pdf. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
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- ^ "Ewing, (William) Maurice." Current Biography 1953. The H.W. Wilson Company. 1954. p.189.
- ^ "John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ "M. Ewing (1906 - 1974)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year=1938 and institution=Lehigh University)
- ^ *The Vetlesen Prize Archived 2005-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Photo
- Video Lecture Explaining SOFAR Spheres
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
- Article regarding Ewing's work with William Donn on Ice Ages
- Maurice Ewing, Earth Scientist, Dies
- A Theory of Ice Ages, Maurice Ewing and William L. Donn
- SOSUS system monitorowania i kontroli dźwięku pod wodą w czasie Zimnej Wojny. cz. 1, www.okretypodwodne.edu.pl (pl)
- SOSUS system monitorowania i kontroli dźwięku pod wodą w czasie Zimnej Wojny. cz. 2, www.okretypodwodne.edu.pl (pl)
- SOSUS system monitorowania i kontroli dźwięku pod wodą w czasie Zimnej Wojny. cz. 3, www.okretypodwodne.edu.pl (pl)