Quotes by Frank Press

About Frank Press:

Frank Press is an American geophysicist. An advisor to four U.S. Presidents, he later served two consecutive terms as President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1981-1993). He is the author of 160 scientific papers and co-author of the textbooks Earth and Understanding Earth.
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My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them.

Frank Press

When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment.

Frank Press

Gutenberg and Richter were very great men.

Frank Press

For my own personal growth I had to set out on my own.

Frank Press

It's a difficult question of relations between people.

Frank Press

I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.

Frank Press

You travel across the country, you visit departments, you give talks, you talk about the work at your laboratory - what's going on, what the opportunities are there - you talk about your own research.

Frank Press

Author Bio

  • NameFrank Press
  • DescriptionAmerican scientist
  • BornDecember 4, 1924
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScientist
  • AwardsOrder Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany; Arthur L. Day Medal