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Cecil H.
Green
Born: Manchester, England, August 6, 1900
U.S. Naturalized Citizen, Dallas Federal Court, 1936
Married Ida Mabelle Flansburgh (1903-86), Schenectady, NY, February
6, 1926 (no children)
Died: La Jolla, CA - April 12, 2003
Education:
1906-15
Public Schools, Vancouver, B. C.
1915-18
King Edward High School, Vancouver, B. C.
1918-21
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C.
1921-24
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Earned Degrees:
1923-B.S., 1924-M.S. (Electrical Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Honorary Degrees:
1953 - Doctor of Engineering, Colorado School of Mines,
Golden, CO
1961 - Doctor of Science, University of
Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
1961 - Doctor of Science, University
of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
1964 - Doctor of Science,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C.
1966 -
LL.D., Austin College, Sherman, TX
1967 - Doctor of
Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
1974
- Doctor of Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
MA
1974 - Doctor of Science, Texas Christian University, Fort
Worth, TX
1976 - Doctor of Civil Jurisprudence, University
of Dallas, Dallas, TX
1978 - Doctor of Commercial Science,
Suffolk University, Boston, MA
1986 - Doctor of Science,
Oxford University, Oxford, England
1987 - Doctor of
Philanthropy, Hawthorne College (with wife)
1990 -
Doctor of Humane Letters (LHD), University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA
Professional Experience:
1924-26
General Electric, Schenectady,
NY Research and design in steam turbine generator division of
A. C. Engineering Department; Instructor in Advanced Engineering,
G.E. School, Schenectady, NY
1926-28
Raytheon
Manufacturing Company, Cambridge, MA Research on gaseous tube
devices
1928-29
Wireless Specialty Apparatus
Co., Jamaica Plain, Boston Production Engineer in "Faradon"
Condensers
1929-30
Federal Telegraph Co.
(IT&T), Palo Alto, CA Production Engineer in Electronics
Shop
1930-31
Geophysical Service,
Dallas, TX, (Predecessor company of Texas Instruments Incorporated)
Field Party Chief
1931-32
Federal Telegraph
Co. (IT&T), Newark, NJ Director of Electronics Laboratory
1932-39
Geophysical Service Inc. (GSI),
Dallas, TX Field Party Chief, Supervisor
1939-41
Geophysical Service Inc. (GSI), Dallas, TX Field Party
Chief, Supervisor
1941-51
Geophysical
Service Inc. (GSI), Dallas, TX Vice President
1951-79
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX Director, Honorary
Director of TI. President, Chairman, and Honorary Chairman of
Geophysical Service Inc. (GSI)
Educational Affiliations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA
Life Member of the Corporation
Past President, Alumni Association, 1968-69
Past President, MIT Club of Dallas
Past Member, Visiting Committee, Electrical Engineering, MIT
Visiting Committee to Physics, Past Chairman, MIT
Visiting Committee to Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chairman,
MIT
Honorary Lectureship in Earth Sciences, 1973
Membership Committee
Excellence in Education Foundation
North Texas, Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees
The Association for Graduate Education and Research (TAGER)
North Texas Trustee and Chairman
Austin College,
Sherman, TX Past Trustee and Past Member, Executive Committee
Texas Christian University,
Fort Worth, TX Past Trustee
Southern Methodist Foundation
for Science & Engineering
Trustee
St. Mark's School of Texas,
Dallas, TX (for boys) Honorary Trustee and Past President
University of Texas System
Past member, Executive Committee, Chancellor's Advisory Council
Scripps Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
LaJolla, CA Member, Visiting Committee
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution,
Woods Hole, MA Honorary Trustee
Colorado School of
Mines,
Golden, CO Member of Advisory Council
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA Member of Visiting Committee to Earth Sciences
Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation,
La Jolla, CA Trustee
Professional Affiliations:
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Past President and Honorary Life Member, Virgil Kauffman Gold
Medal Maurice Ewing Gold Medal,1978
Dallas Geophysical
Society
Honorary Life Member
Dallas Geological Society
Honorary Life Member
American Association of Petroleum
Geologists
Member
American Geophysical Union
Member
Mexican Association of Petroleum Geologists
Member
European Association of Exploration Geophysicists
Member
Council of Scientific Societies, North Texas
Trustee
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Fellow
National Academy of Sciences
Honorary Life Member (with wife)
Explorers Club
Civic Activities:
National Advisory Committee to The Marine Biomedical Institute
of University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX
Chairman
Friends of the Dallas Public Library
Trustee and Past Chairman
Dallas Art Association
Trustee
Dallas Symphony Association
Trustee and Past Chairman
Medical Affiliations:
Southwestern Medical
Foundation
Trustee
Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La
Jolla, CA
Trustee
Citizens Advisory Committee to the Health
Planning Council
Member
University of Texas Marine Biomedical Institute,
Galveston, TX, Past Chairman of Advisory Committee
Children's
Medical Center, Dallas, TX (with wife)
Social Affiliations:
Dallas Petroleum Club, Dallas, TX
Dallas Country Club, Dallas, TX
La Jolla Country Club, La Jolla, CA
Honors and Awards:
1962 - Honorary Alumnus, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, TX
1970 - Honorary Alumnus, Colorado School
of Mines, Golden, CO
1972 - Membership, Eta Kappa Nu,
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
1973 - Honorary
Lecturer in Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA
1973 - Santa Rita Award, University of
Texas System
1974 - Human Needs Award, American Association
of Petroleum Geophysicists (AAPG)
1974 - Linz Award,
Dallas, TX (with wife)
1974 - 75th Anniversary Honor
Award, National Jewish Hospital & Research Center, Denver,
CO
1978 - Award for Excellence in Humanities, North
Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, TX
1978 - Public
Welfare Medal, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C.
(with wife)
1978 - Honorary Life Membership, National
Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C. (with wife)
1979
- Citation, Southern Methodist University Institute for Study
of Earth and Man, Dallas, TX
1983 - Great Trekker Award,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C.
1984 -
Lay Award for Distinguished Service, American Medical Association
1984 - Gold Plate Award, American Academy Achievement
1987 - Freedom of City Award, Vancouver, B. C.
1987
- Philanthropist of Year Award, City of Dallas, Dallas, TX
1988 - Philanthropist of Year Award, City of San Diego,
CA (with wife)
1988 - Uncommon Man Award, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA (with wife)
1989 - Scientist
of the Year Award, City of San Diego, CA
1990 - First
U. S. citizen named Honorary Member of Chinese Geophysical Society,
Republic of China
1991 - Honorary Knight of British
Empire, presented by Queen of England on May 22, 1991
1993
- Honorary Membership, American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
New Orleans AAPG Annual Convention
1993 - Lifetime
Achievement Award, Reginald S. Lourie Center For Infants and Young
Children, Rockville, MD |
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