University of Rochester
Athletic Hall of Fame
Howard Pratt, Ph.D.
'60, '66
At Rochester:
- Highly successful member of the men's tennis team
- Lettered for three seasons, 1958-1960
- Won 75% of his singles matches, playing at Second Singles, and won more than 85% of his doubles matches, playing First and Second Doubles
- Played freshman basketball in 1956
- Competed in intramural basketball and squash for Theta Chi
- Elected to Mendicants in 1959
- Business Manager of Interpres in 1960
- Dean's List student
- Rushing Chairman for Theta Chi
- Held a Rochester Prize Scholarship
- Graduated with a BS in geological sciences in 1960
Post-Graduate:
- Both degrees from Rochester-MS in geological sciences in 1962 and Ph.D. in 1966
- Adjunct full professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah, 1969-1985
- Founder, vice president, technical director, and manager for Terra Tek, Inc. (1969-1980); an energy company
- Helped found and direct the Pioneer Oil and Gas Co., 1980-85
- Worked for Science Applications International Corp. since 1980 in a variety of roles, rising to senior vice president in 1994
- Member of the American Geophysical Union, the Geological Society of America, Sigms Xi (the National Scientific Society), and the International Society for Rock Mechanics
- Member of the University's Trustees Council since 1998
- Chairman of the Peter Lyman Tennis Center, constructed to honor Rochester's longtime tennis and squash coach
