1941
Born to Henry Fairfax Davis and Enid L. Davis in San Francisco, CA.
1963
Earns a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of California Berkeley.
1967
Earns a Master of Science in chemical engineering from Stanford University.
1967
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy in chemical engineering from Stanford University.
1967
Is an assistant research geophysicist for Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA.
1969
Teaches as a professor of oceanography for Scripps Institution of Oceanography until 2000.
1979
Is chairman of the ocean research division within Scripps Institution of Oceanography until 1983.
1997
Receives the A.G. Huntsman Award from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
2000
Is a research oceanographer within Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA, and presently remains in this role.
2000
Receives the Henry Stommel Medal.
2015
Receives the Maurice Ewing Medal from the American Geophysical Union.
2020
Is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union of the American Meteorology Society.
2020
Maintains membership with the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Science.