Who is El-Baz, Farouk (1938– ) Egyptian/American Geologist

Dr. Farouk El-Baz is known for pioneering work in the applications

of space photography to the understanding of arid terrain,

particularly the location of groundwater resources.

Based on the analysis of space photographs, his recommendations

have resulted in the discovery of groundwater resources

in the Sinai Peninsula, the Western Desert of Egypt, and in

arid terrains in northern Somalia and the Red Sea Province of

Eastern Sudan. During the past 20 years, he contributed to

interdisciplinary field investigations in all major deserts of the

world. In 2003 his research objectives included applications of

remote sensing technology to the fields of archaeology, geography,

and geology.

Between 1967 and 1972, Dr. El-Baz participated in the

Apollo program as supervisor of Lunar Science Planning at

Bellcomm, Inc., of Bell Telephone Laboratories in Washington,

D.C. During these six years, he was secretary of the Site

Selection Committee for the Apollo lunar landings, chairman

of the Astronaut Training Group, and principal investigator

for Visual Observations and Photography. From 1973 to

1983, he established and directed the Center for Earth and

Planetary Studies at the National Air and Space Museum,

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. In 1975 Dr. El-

Baz was selected by NASA to be principal investigator for

earth observations and photography on the Apollo-Soyuz

Test Project. This was the first joint American-Soviet space

mission. From 1982 to 1986 he was vice president for international

development and for science and technology at Itek

Optical Systems of Lexington, Massachusetts.

Dr. El-Baz served on the steering committee of earth sciences

of the Smithsonian Institution, the arid and semi-arid

research needs panel of the National Science Foundation, the

Advisory Committee on Extraterrestrial Features of the U.S.

Board of Geographic Names, and the Lunar Nomenclature

Group of the International Astronomical Union. In 1979,

after the United States and China normalized relations, he

coordinated the first visit by U.S. scientists to the desert

regions of northwestern China. In 1985 he was elected fellow

of the Third World Academy of Sciences and represents the

academy at the Non-Governmental Organizations Unit of the

Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. He also

served as science adviser (1978–81) to Anwar Sadat, former

president of Egypt.

Dr. Farouk El-Baz is research professor and director of

the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University. He

received a B.Sc. (1958) in chemistry and geology from Ain

Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, an M.S. (1961) in geology

from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, Rolla,

Missouri, and his Ph.D. (1964) in geology from the University

of Missouri, after performing research at the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

(1962–63). He taught geology at Egypt’s Assiut University

1958 to 1960, and at the University of Heidelberg in Germany

between 1964 and 1966. In 1989 Dr. El-Baz received

an honorary doctor of science degree from the New England

College, Henniker, New Hampshire.

Dr. El-Baz is president of the Arab Society of Desert

Research and the recipient of numerous honors and awards,

including: NASA’s Apollo Achievement Award, Exceptional

Scientific Achievement Medal, and Special Recognition

Award; the University of Missouri Alumni Achievement

Award for Extraordinary Scientific Accomplishments; the Certificate

of Merit of the World Aerospace Education Organization;

and the Arab Republic of Egypt Order of Merit–First

Class. He also received the 1989 Outstanding Achievement

Award of the Egyptian American Organization, the 1991

Golden Door Award of the International Institute of Boston,

and the 1992 Award for Public Understanding of Science and

Technology of the American Association for the Advancement

of Science. In 1995 he received the Award for Outstanding

Contributions to Science and Space Technology of the American-

Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and the Achievement

Award of the Egyptian American Professional Society.

He also received the 1996 Michael T. Halbouty Human Needs

Award of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

In 1999 the Geological Society of America established “The

Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research,” to annually

encourage and reward arid land studies.

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