1968 - Gordon McKay Professor of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

1997 - Distinguished Senior Fellow in the School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

1994 - Chairman, Coastal Ocean Advanced Science and Technology Studies (COASTS) Steering Committee, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission/Scientific Counsel for Oceanographic Research, IOC/SCOR

1997 - External Board of Advisors, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

1976 - Editor-in-Chief, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

1994 - Editor-in-Chief, THE SEA: Ideas and Observations on Progress in the Study of the Seas