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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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"Served on the falcuty" or "served in the faculty"? Which is correct?
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G. Brent Dalrymple (born May 9, 1937 ) is an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologist, author of The Age of the Earth and Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Medal_of_Science winner.[1]
He was born in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra,_California. After receiving a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph.D. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley, Dalrymple went to work at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Geological_Survey (USGS) in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California. In 1994 he left the USGS to accept a position at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_State_University, where he served on the faculty until retiring in 2001. He is a member of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences.
In 2003, Dalrymple was awarded the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Medal_of_Science.[2] He was presented with the Medal at a ceremony in 2005.[3]
G. Brent Dalrymple (born May 9, 1937 ) is an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologist, author of The Age of the Earth and Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Medal_of_Science winner.[1]
He was born in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra,_California. After receiving a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph.D. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley, Dalrymple went to work at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Geological_Survey (USGS) in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California. In 1994 he left the USGS to accept a position at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_State_University, where he served on the faculty until retiring in 2001. He is a member of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences.
In 2003, Dalrymple was awarded the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Medal_of_Science.[2] He was presented with the Medal at a ceremony in 2005.[3]
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NL888where he served on the faculty untill.. .It's referencing the faculty as a physical space, a geographical location.
Both in and on are possible, and which one is used depends on the context and/or the intended meaning.
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If in is used, does it refer to mentally in the rank of the faculty?
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