Emeriti

Syun-ichi Akasofu
Emeritus

Professor of Physics and Director
Years of Service 1958-2007
James Beget
Emeritus

Professor
Years of Service 1984-2016
Carl Benson
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics and Geology
Years of Service 1960-1987
Douglas Christensen
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1988-2018
John Craven
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1991-2009
Neil Davis
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1965-1982
Kenneson Dean
Emeritus

Research Professor of Remote Sensing
Years of Service 1978-2011
Charles Deehr
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1958-1988
John Eichelberger
Emeritus

Professor of Geology and Geophysics
Years of Service 1991-2007
Thomas Hallinan
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1965-1997
Catherine Hanks
Emeritus

Professor
Years of Service 1992-2017
William Harrison
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1972-1998
Joseph Hawkins
Emeritus

Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Years of Service 1987-2015
Victor Hessler
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1955-1968
Joseph Kan
Emeritus

Professor of Physics and Dean of the Graduate School, Emeritus
Years of Service 1972-2003
Shusun Li
Emeritus

Research Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1990-2008
Craig Lingle
Emeritus

Research Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1990-2007
Dirk Lummerzheim
Emeritus

Research Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1987-2010
Nicole Moelders
Emeritus

Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Years of Service 2001 - 2021
Roman Motyka
Emeritus

Research Professor
Years of Service 1998-2013
Hans Nielsen
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1967-2010
Thomas Osterkamp
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1977-2000
Antonius Otto
Emeritus

Professor of Plasma Physics
Years of Service 1993-2014
Hans Pulpan
Emeritus

Associate Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1968-1996
Manfred Rees
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1975-1993
Juan Roederer
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1977-1993
Vladimir Romanovsky
Emeritus

Professor
Years of Service 1999-2022
Gerald Romick
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1951-1984
Kenneth Sassen
Emeritus

Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Years of Service 2002-2014
Glenn Shaw
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1971-2004
Abas Sivjee
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1972-1988
Roger Smith
Emeritus

Director and Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1984-2011
Knut Stamnes
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1988-1999
David Stone
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1966-1996
William Stringer
Emeritus

Associate Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1967-1999
Daniel Swift
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1963-1994
Curt Szuberla
Emeritus

WATC Director
Years of Service 1992 - 2020
Julia Triplehorn
Emeritus

Associate Professor of Library Science
Years of Service 1970-2009
Donald Turner
Emeritus

Professor of Geology
Years of Service 1970-1988
Brenton Watkins
Emeritus

Professor of Physics
Years of Service 1980-2011
Gunter Weller
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1968-1997
Gerd Wendler
Emeritus

Professor of Geophysics
Years of Service 1966-1999
Max Wyss
Emeritus

Professor of Seismology
Years of Service 1991-2001

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