Frank Press

Frank Press
Press in 1953
19th President of the National Academy of Sciences
In office 1981–1993
Preceded by	Philip Handler
Succeeded by	Bruce Alberts
2nd Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
In office January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Guyford Stever
Succeeded by	Benjamin Huberman (Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1924-12-04)December 4, 1924 New York City, U.S.
Died	January 29, 2020(2020-01-29) (aged 95) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Education	City College of New York (BS) Columbia University (MS, PhD)
Awards	William Bowie Medal (1979) Japan Prize (1993) Vannevar Bush Award (1994) AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize (1994) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1997)
Scientific career
Fields	Geophysics
Institutions	Columbia University Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory Caltech Seismological Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of Science and Technology Policy
Thesis	Two applications of normal mode sound propagation in the ocean (1949)
Doctoral advisor	Doc Ewing
Doctoral students	Don L. Anderson Charles Archambeau Ari Ben-Menahem Donald W. Forsyth

Frank Press (December 4, 1924 – January 29, 2020) was an American geophysicist.^[1] He was an advisor to four U.S. presidents, and later served two consecutive terms as president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1981–1993). He was the author of 160 scientific papers and co-author of the textbooks Earth and Understanding Earth.

Press served on the President's Science Advisory Committee during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and was appointed by President Richard Nixon to the National Science Board. In 1977 he was appointed President Jimmy Carter's Science Advisor and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, serving until 1981.^[2]