Frank Six is a scientist in the Space Science Office at MSFC. He joined Marshall in 1986 as Deputy Project Scientist for Hubble, then became assistant to the Director of the Space Science Laboratory and then deputy to the Chief Scientist. He directed the Marshall Academies in 1994, 1995 and 1996, and led all university programs from 1989 to 1996. Before coming to Marshall, Frank worked for Cornell University as assistant to the director of the Arecibo Observatory. Prior to that, he taught physics and astronomy at Western Kentucky University where he was Chairman of the Department for 17 years. Upon receiving the PhD in physics from the University of Florida, Frank joined Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Alabama working on Apollo. His research areas are radio astronomy and planetary magnetospheres. He is married with six children and eight grandchildren and loves to explore the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico.