SETI Symposium
August 2004 |
The father of the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Frank Drake with Skyscrapers members
From left to right: Josh Cohen, Scott Tracy, Frank Drake, Dan Lorraine, and Rick Lynch
FRANK DRAKE
Dr. Frank Drake serves on the Board of Trustees of the SETI Institute, where he is also the Chairman Emeritus. In 1960, as a staff member of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, he conducted the first radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences where he chaired the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the National Research Council (1989-92). Frank also served as President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He was a Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University (1964-84) and served as the Director of the Arecibo Observatory. He is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California at Santa Cruz where he also served as Dean of Natural Sciences (1984-88). In his spare time Frank enjoys cutting gem stones and growing orchids.
