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Frank Drake (Francis Drake) was born on 16 April, 1890 in Chicago, IL, is an American astronomer. Discover Frank Drake's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Frank Drake networth?
| Popular As |
Frank Donald Drake |
| Occupation |
miscellaneous |
| Age |
78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
| Born |
16 April, 1890 |
| Birthday |
16 April |
| Birthplace |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Date of death |
6 February, 1968 |
| Died Place |
Aptos, California, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Frank Drake Height, Weight & Measurements
At 78 years old, Frank Drake height not available right now. We will update Frank Drake's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
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| Hair Color |
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Who Is Frank Drake's Wife?
His wife is Elizabeth Procter Bell (m. 1952-1976)
Amahl Shakhashiri (m. 1978)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Elizabeth Procter Bell (m. 1952-1976)
Amahl Shakhashiri (m. 1978) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
5, including Nadia |
Frank Drake Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Frank Drake worth at the age of 78 years old? Frank Drake’s income source is mostly from being a successful Miscellaneous. He is from United States. We have estimated
Frank Drake's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Miscellaneous |
Frank Drake Social Network
Timeline
Drake is a member of the National Academy of Sciences where he chaired the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the National Research Council (1989–1992). He also served as President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He was a Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University (1964–1984) and served as the Director of the Arecibo Observatory. As of 2010, he was involved in "The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of life in the Universe" at the SETI Institute.
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 (1984–1988). He serves on the Board of Trustees of the SETI Institute.
Drake co-designed the Pioneer plaque with Carl Sagan in 1972, the first physical message sent into space. The plaque was designed to be understandable by extraterrestrials should they encounter it. He later supervised the creation of the Voyager Golden Record. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974.
In the 1960s, Drake spearheaded the conversion of the Arecibo Observatory to a radio astronomical facility, later updated in 1974 and 1996. As a researcher, Drake was involved in the early work on pulsars. In this period, Drake was a professor at Cornell University and Director of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) – the formal name for the Arecibo facility. In 1974 he wrote the Arecibo message.
He enrolled at Cornell University on a Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship. Once there he began studying astronomy. His ideas about the possibility of extraterrestrial life were reinforced by a lecture from astrophysicist Otto Struve in 1951. After college, he served briefly as an electronics officer on the heavy cruiser USS Albany. He then went on to graduate school at Harvard to study radio astronomy.
Frank Donald Drake (born May 28, 1930) is an American astronomer and astrophysicist. He is involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including the founding of SETI, mounting the first observational attempts at detecting extraterrestrial communications in 1960 in Project Ozma, developing the Drake equation, and as the creator of the Arecibo Message, a digital encoding of an astronomical and biological description of the Earth and its lifeforms for transmission into the cosmos.
