B.A., City College of New York, geology
Ph.D., Columbia University, marine geology and geophysics
Docteur honoris causa, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 2005

Memberships/Distinctions:
Geological Society of America, Fellow
U.S. National Academy of Sciences, member since 2004
American Geophysical Union, member and Fellow (serving a term as elected president of the Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism section)
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., Board member
Recipient of the Arthur L. Day Medal from the Geological Society of America
Recipient of VMSG Medal from the Vening Meinesz School of Geodynamics, 2003
Recipient of Petrus Peregrinus Medal from the European Geophysical Union, 2006