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Hales, Anton L. (1911 - )

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Geophysicist
Born: 1 March 1911  Mossel Bay, South Africa
Anton L. Hales was Foundation Director (1973) then Emeritus Professor (1978) of the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University. He officially retired from the School at the age of eighty-nine and has had a lecture room and the A L Hales Honours Year Scholarships in Geophysics and Geochemistry named in his honour. Prior to this Hales was Director of the Bernard Price Institute of Geophysical Research in South Africa and of the Geoscience Division of the University of Texas, USA. For over eighty years he has been heavily involved in many aspects of Earth sciences research, including geophysics and his dedication to the field has been honored by his election as Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, the Royal Astronomical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and of the Australian Academy of Science.

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1929Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
1930Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Cape Town
1931Junior Lecturer of Applied Mathematics at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa
1933Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Mathematics completed at St John's College, University of Cambridge, UK
1933 - 1945Junior Lecturer, then Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Witwatersrand
1936Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cape Town
1946 - 1949Senior Research Officer at the Bernard Price Institute of Geophysical Research, University of Witwatersrand
1949 - 1954Professor of Applied Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Cape Town
1952Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Cambridge
1954 - 1962Director of the Bernard Price Institute of Geophysical Research and Carnegie-Price Professor of Geophysics
1962 - 1973Director of the Geoscience Division of the University of Texas, USA
1970 - 1971Acting Vice-President for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas
1973 - 1978Foundation Director of the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra
1976 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1978 - 2002Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow at the Research School of Earth Sciences
2003Centenary Medal received from the Australian Government

 
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