!!William Lowrie \\ __UNIVERSITY EDUCATION__ \\ *1960 B.Sc., 1st class honors, Physics. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. *1962 M.A., Geophysics. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. *1963 High School Teaching Certificate (Interim). Ontario College of Education, Toronto, Canada *1967 Ph. D., Geophysics. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. \\ __PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE__ \\ *1961 __Geophysicist__. Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd., Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Base metals exploration (May-October). *1962-1964 __High school teacher__. Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Canada. Teaching mathematics and physics, classes 9-13. *1968-1970 __Research Geophysicst__. Gulf Research and Development Company, Pittsburgh. Geology section. Project: magnetic anisotropy of sediments. *1968-1970 __Lecturer__. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. Applied geophysics, exploration methods. *1970-1974 __Research Associate__. Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, New York. Paleomagnetism, rock magnetism. *1974-2004 __Professor of Geophysics__. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich. *__Teaching:__ general, theoretical and applied geophysics. *__Research:__ paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, magnetic stratigraphy. \\ __ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE__ \\ *__Chairman__, Institute of Geophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich (60 staff). Alternate years 1977–1994; 2002–2004 *1985-1987 __Chairman__, Department of Earth Sciences (150 staff), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich. *1985-1987 __Vice-President__, European Union of Geosciences. *1987-1989 __President__, European Union of Geosciences. *1997-1999 __Chairman__, Department of Earth Sciences (150 staff) and Faculty of Earth Sciences (200 students), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich. *1999-2000 __Advisory Board__, Natural Environmental Research Council, UK, Joint Infrastructure Fund (distribution of £50 million in funds to British universities) *2000-2002 __President__, Geomagnetism & Paleomagnetism, American Geophysical Union \\ __EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE__ \\ *__Editor__ Geophysical Research Letters (1984-1988). *__Associate Editor__, Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics (1984-1986). *__Advisory Board__, Journal of Geophysics (4 yr), Earth and Planetary Science Letters (8 yr) Physics of the Earth & Planetary Interiors (8yr). \\ __SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA__ \\ \\ __Meeting Organizer__, 4th Biennial Meeting, European Union of Geosciences, Strasbourg 1987.\\ __Convener at:__ IAGA General Assemblies (1980, 1991), European Union of Geosciences, (1989, 1993), American Geophysical Union Meetings (1990, 1999), AGU Chapman Conference (2003) \\ \\ __SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS__ \\ \\ 125 publications in international scientific journals\\ Citation quality index = 40 \\ \\ __HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS__ \\ *1990 Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union *1995 Alan Cox Memorial Lecturer, American Geophysical Union *2000 Elected Member of Academia Europaea