The Bomford Prize was inaugurated by IAG in 1975, and it is given at four years intervals, to a young scientist for outstanding theoretical or applied contributions to geodetic studies. At IAG Boulder five very qualified young scientists have been nominated by the National Committees, and the Prize Committee decided to award the Guy Bomford Prize 1995 to Professor Thomas A. Herring.
Dr. Herring was born in 1955 in Cooroy/Queensland, Australia. He was educated at the University of Queensland, with a Bachelor and Master Degree in Surveying, and at the MIT, with the Ph. D. Degree. His scientific carreer includes positions at the University of Queensland and at Harvard University, and he is now Associate Professor of Geophysics at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
From his many professional activities special mentioned is his engagement in IAG research groups on atmospheric refraction, and on the application of space-based interferometry, in the IAU Working Group on Astronomical Standards, and in Committees or panels of the National Academy of Sciences, NASA, and AGU.
Thomas Herring - b.1955
BSurv 1976 UQ; MSurv 1978 UQ; PhD 1983 MIT
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