Dr. S. Fred Singer
Education:
- B.E.E. Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University
- A.M. and Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University
Positions Held:
- Director and President, The Science and Environmental Policy Project (1989-Present)
- Distinguished Research Professor, Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (1994-Present)
- Distinguished Research Professor, Institute for Space Science and Technology, Gainesville, FL (1989-1994)
- Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Transportation (1987-1989)
- Professor of Environmental Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (1971-1994)
- Deputy Assistant Administrator (Policy), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1970-1971)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary (Water Quality and Research), U.S. Department of the Interior (1967-1970)
- (First) Dean of the School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL (1964-1967)
- (First) Director, National Weather Satellite Center (now part of NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce (1962-1964)
- Director, Center for Atmospheric and Space Physics, and Professor of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (1953-1962)
- Scientific Liaison Officer, U.S. Office of Naval Research, London (1950-1953)
- Research Physicist, Upper Atmosphere Rocket Program, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD (1946-1950)
Honors (Partial List):
- Selected as one of "Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation," by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1959
- White House Commendation (President Eisenhower) for early design of space satellites; for drafting in 1954 the resolutions on satellites for IUGG, URSI, and the International Geophysical Year
- Elected to the International Academy of Astronautics (Paris)
- Member, European Academy for Environmental Affairs
- U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award for the development and management of weather satellites
- (First) Science Medal from the British Interplanetary Society
- Commendation (1997), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for research on particle clouds
- Honorary Doctorate of Science, Ohio State University, 1970
- Elected Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. Elected to the AAAS Council: Committee on Council Affairs, and Section Secretary
- Phi Beta Kappa National Lectureship
- Membership in honorary societies, including Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi
- Listed in Who's Who in America, American Men of Science, etc.
