David Griggs
- Born: October 6, 1911 (Columbus, Ohio)
- Died: December 31, 1974 (Snowmass, Colorado)
Education
- 1928–1929: George Washington University
- 1932: AB, Ohio State University
- 1933: AM, Ohio State University
Major Positions
- 1934–1941: Harvard University, Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows
- 1941–1942: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Research Associate
- 1942–1946: United States Department of War, Expert Consultant to the Secretary of War
- 1946–1948: Douglas Aircraft Company, Section Chief, Physics, Project Rand
- 1948–1974: University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Geophysics
- 1951–1952: United States Air Force, Chief Scientist
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1958–1962: Consultant, United States Atomic Energy Comission
- 1958–1962: Consultant, RAND Corporation
- 1959–1959: Member, Panel for Seismic Improvements, President's Scientific Advisory Committee (PSAC)
- 1964–1967: President, Tectonophysics Section, American Geophysical Union
Selected Awards and Honors
Published Resources
Ivan A. Getting and John M. Christie, "David Tressel Griggs: 1911-1974", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
