Frank H.T. Rhodes#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2338 |
| Membership type: | HONORARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2005 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Frank H.T. Rhodes passed away February 3, 2020.
Positions Held
- Professor Emeritus of Geology at Cornell
- 1977 - 1995 President of Cornell University
- 1971 - 1977 Dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan
- 1968 - 1971 Professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of Michigan
- 1967 - 1968 Dean of Faculty of Science at the University of Wales, Swansea
- 1956 - 1967 Head of the Department of Geology at the University of Wales, Swansea
- 1955 Associate professor at the University of Illinois
- 1954 Assistant professor at the University of Illinois
- 1951 - 1954 Assistant Professor at the University of Durham
- 1950 Doctor of Philosophy
Fields of Scholarship
- History of science
- Paleontology
- Geology
- Evolution
Honours and Awards
- Recipient of the Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society
- Recipient of the Justin Morrill Award
- Recipient of the Higher Education Leadership Award
- Recipient of the Clark Kerr Medal of the University of California-Berkeley
- Recipient of the Ian Campbell Medal of the American Geological Institute
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member and past president of the American Philosophical Society
- Member of the National Science Board under President Ronald Reagan
- Member of the President's Educational Policy Advisory Committee by President George H.W. Bush
