Dr. Frank Drake

• Director, Center for the Study of Life in the Universe

• Chairman Emeritus, SETI Institute Board of Trustees

• Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics (1984 - 1996), Professor Emeritus (1996 - present), and Dean, Natural Sciences (1984 - 88), UC Santa Cruz

• Member, National Academy of Sciences

• Chairman, Board of Physics and Astronomy, National Research Council (1989 - 92)

• President, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1988 - 90)

• Director, National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (1970 - 81)

• Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University (1964 - 84)

• M.S. and Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University

• B.A. in Engineering Physics, Cornell University