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href="#DALRYMPLE">Dalrymple</a> | <a href="#CICERONE">Cicerone</a> | <a href="#NEUGEBAUER">Neugebauer</a> | <a href="#SOLOMON">Solomon</a> | <a href="#KNAUSS">Knauss</a></p> <table border="0" width="98%" class="noborder"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"> <a id="WILSON" name="WILSON"><img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/Wilson.gif" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="lastname">WILSON</span><br/> 1980-1982<br/> <br/> John Tuzo Wilson, geophysicist, born Ottawa, Ontario, October 24, 1908; died April 15, 1993. Ph.D., 1936, Princeton Univ. Spent most of career at Department of Geophysics, Univ. of Toronto. Joined AGU 1945; elected Fellow 1962. Received Walter H. Bucher Medal, 1968; Maurice Ewing Medal, 1980. President. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. AGU's first non-U.S. president.</td> <td valign="top" width="50%"> <a id="VAN ALLEN" name="VAN ALLEN"> <img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/VanAllen.gif" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="bold">VAN ALLEN</span><br/> 1982-1984<br/> <br/> James Alfred Van Allen, physicist, born Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, September 7, 1914. Ph.D., 1939, Univ. of Iowa. Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1946-1950. Head of Department of Geophysics, Univ. of Iowa from 1951. Joined AGU 1948; elected Fellow 1963; President, Section of Planetary Science, 1964-1968; President, Section of Solar-Planetary Relationships, 1976-1978. Received John Adam Fleming Medal, 1963; William Bowie Medal, 1977.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a id="DRAKE" name="DRAKE"><img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/Drake.gif" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="lastname">DRAKE</span><br/> 1984-1986<br/> <br/> Charles Lum Drake, geophysicist, born Ridgewood, N.J., July 1, 1924; died July 8, 1997. Ph.D., 1958, Columbia Univ. At Lamont Geological Observatory, 1948-1965; Department of Geology, Dartmouth College, 1965 to present. Joined AGU 1950; elected Fellow 1967. Appointed to President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 1990.</td> <td valign="top"> <a id="EAGLESON" name="EAGLESON"> <img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/Eagleson.gif" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="bold">EAGLESON</span><br/> 1986-1988<br/> <br/> Peter S. Eagleson, engineer, born Philadelphia, Pa., February 27, 1928. Sc.D., 1956, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT since 1955; Head of Department of Civil Engineering, 1970-1975. Joined AGU 1955; elected Fellow, 1973; President Section of Hydrology, 1982-1984. Instituted planning conferences for officers of AGU. Received Robert E. Horton Medal, 1988; William Bowie Medal, 1994.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a id="ANDERSON" name="ANDERSON"> <img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/DAnderson.jpg" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="bold">ANDERSON</span><br/> 1988-1990<br/> <br/> Don L. Anderson, geophysicist, born Frederick, Md., March 5, 1933. Ph.D., 1962, California Institute of Technology. Director, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1967-1989; the Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor in Geophysics since 1990. Joined AGU 1958; elected Fellow 1967. Received James B. Macelwane Medal, 1966; William Bowie Medal, 1991.</td> <td valign="top"> <a id="DALRYMPLE" name="DALRYMPLE"> <img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/Dalrymple.gif" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="bold">DALRYMPLE</span><br/> 1990-1992<br/> <br/> G. Brent Dalrymple, geophysicist, born Alhambra, Calif., May 9, 1937; deceased. Ph.D., 1963, Univ. of California, Berkeley. Research geologist-geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey 1963-1994; Dean of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Oregon since 1994. Joined AGU 1963; elected Fellow 1975; President, Section of Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology, 1984-1986.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a id="CICERONE" name="CICERONE"> <img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/Cicerone.gif" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="bold">CICERONE</span><br/> 1992-1994<br/> <br/> Ralph J. Cicerone, atmospheric scientist, born New Castle, Pa., May 2, 1943. Ph.D., 1970, Univ. of Illinois. Director of Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1980-1989. Chairman, Geosciences Department, Univ. of California, Irvine, from 1989. Joined AGU 1971; elected Fellow 1981; President, Section of Atmospheric Sciences, 1986-1988. Received James B. Macelwane Medal, 1979.</td> <td valign="top"> <a id="NEUGEBAUER" name="NEUGEBAUER"> <img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/neugebau.gif" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="bold">NEUGEBAUER</span><br/> 1994-1996<br/> <br/> Marcia Neugebauer, space scientist, born New York City, September 27, 1932. M.S., 1956, Univ. of Illinois. At Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1956. Joined AGU 1961; elected Fellow 1989; President, Section of Solar-Planetary Relationships, 1982-1984.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a id="SOLOMON" name="SOLOMON"> <img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/solomon.gif" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="bold">SOLOMON</span><br/> 1996-1998<br/> <br/> Sean Solomon, planetary scientist, born Los Angeles, October 24, 1945. Ph.D., 1971, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Assistant Professor to Professor, MIT 1972-1992; Director, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington since 1992. Joined AGU 1967; elected Fellow 1980; President, Section of Planetology, 1986-1988.</td> <td valign="top"> <a id="KNAUSS" name="KNAUSS"> <img src="/web/20120120041153im_/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/leadership/images/past-pres/knauss.gif" border="1" class="imgls"/></a><span class="bold">KNAUSS</span><br/> 1998-2000<br/> <br/> John A. Knauss, ocean scientist, born Detroit, Michigan, September 1, 1925. Ph.D., 1959, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. At Scripps 1955-1961; at Graduate School of Oceanography (founding dean), University of Rhode Island, since 1962; Administrator, NOAA, 1989-1993. Joined AGU 1950; elected Fellow 1966; President, Section of Oceanography, 1965-1968.</td> </tr> </table>    </div>  <div id="footer"><p class="copyright">©<script type="text/javascript"> D = new Date(); year = D.getFullYear(); document.write(year); </script>. American Geophysical Union. | All rights reserved. | Read our <a href="/web/20120120041153/http://www.agu.org/about/governance/policies/privacy.shtml">privacy policy</a>.</p>  </div> <div id="tagline"><p>AGU galvanizes a community of Earth and space scientists that collaboratively advances and communicates science and its power to ensure a sustainable future.</p> </div>  </div>    <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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