SCRIPPS OVERVIEW
|
RESEARCH OVERVIEW
|
SUPPORT SCRIPPS
|
DIRECTORIES & MAPS
|
EMPLOYMENT
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
 |
|||||||||||||||
DEATHS & HONORS SPRING 2001 DEATHS Mildred Rogers was 86 when she passed away in October 2000. Mildred came to work for SIO starting as Dr. Roger Revelle's secretary in 1952. After four years, she joined the Marine Physical Laboratory as Dr. Fred Spiess' secretary, and from 1966-1977 she worked directly under Dr. George Shor as the Sverdrup Hall secretary. She retired in 1977, after 25 years of service to SIO. Jim Blattenberger, SIO's facility manager for 22 years, died in November 2000. Jim was instrumental in managing several important projects on campus. Some of those included the Center for Coastal Studies Addition, Scripps Pier, Sverdrup Hall HVAC & Electrical Renovation, La Jolla Shores Pipeline, IGPP Unit II, the Scripps Crossing, and the Handicapped Access Program. Michael Mahlon Mullin, professor of oceanography in the Marine Life Research Group died on December 19, 2000, of complications following surgery. He was 63 years old. Mullin was active in both scholarship and administration, and his research featured studies of the dynamics of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and larval fish in the marine food web. In addition to his teaching and research, Mullin served in a number of administrative positions at Scripps: chairman of the Graduate Department, Associate Director, Director of the Marine Life Research Group, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Mia Tegner, research marine biologist in the Marine Life Research Group, died January 7 in a scuba diving accident off Mission Beach. An experienced scuba diver, Tegner made more than 4,000 dives throughout the world during her 31 years at Scripps. Her main scientific research focused on the ecology of kelp forest communities and nearshore marine resources. She worked extensively on sea urchin natural history and population dynamics, the ecology and restoration of abalone populations in southern California, and the effects of disturbances and climate change on kelp communities. She studied the Point Loma kelp beds for almost three decades, and her long time series of observations has been instrumental to scientists' understanding of the effects of ocean climate on nearshore ecosystems. Tegner's most current research included studies of the effects of El Ni�o and La Ni�a events on the plants and animals of the kelp ecosystem. One project focused on the reproductive response of abalone populations to warm water, and how to incorporate environmental variability into fisheries management. Bob Stapleford died in February 2001 of leukemia. His extraordinary service to Scripps spanned more than 40 years and encompassed a variety of contributions sufficient for several full careers. He was an early and active participant in the diving program. He worked with SIO's Visibility Laboratory in technical and engineering support of various projects until 1984. During this time he also served as a crew member on NASA astronaut training flights. He later shifted into administrative work as the business officer for the Laboratory. In 1984 he became business officer for the Nimitz Marine Facility, putting its financial and administrative affairs on a sound footing. Following "retirement" in 1991 and rehiring in 1992 he took on a series of important special projects. His involvement in the diving program continued to the end; he attended a meeting of the Diving Control Board just one month before his death. We have lost a first-class diving buddy, a conscientious caring manager, a fine shipmate, and a good friend. Chuck Van Atta died in February 2001, after suffering a fatal cardiac arrest while skiing with friends at Mount San Jacinto. Chuck, who had been at UCSD since the 1960s, held a joint appointment between the former AMES department and SIO until his retirement in 1994. He was known internationally for his contributions to our understanding of turbulence, and contributed greatly to UCSD's reputation in fluid mechanics and related areas of physical oceanography. His collegiality and engaging easy-going approach to those around him will be sorely missed. Rupert Ford, a former SIO postdoc, died in March 2001 from a sudden illness while attending the EGS meeting in Nice. After his time (1994-95) at SIO, Ford accepted a faculty position at Imperial College in London. He had done important work on the interactions between waves and vortices, and on the dynamics of western boundary currents. MIT Professor John M. Edmond, a geochemist who graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1965 and received his Ph.D. at SIO in 1970, died unexpectedly in April 2001 at age 57. He carried out important and pioneering work in a wide range of research subjects including the carbonate chemistry of seawater, hydrothermal vent chemistry, oceanic trace element distributions, continental weathering, the chemical compositions of rivers and lakes, and paleooceanography. John was an observational scientist in the best SIO tradition, whose fieldwork spanned the entire globe. John Edmond was a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well as of the American Geophysical Union. He was a recipient of the AGU's Macelwane Medal and of the Harold Urey Medal of the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry. William Ralph Walton, graduate student at SIO from 1950 to 1954 (Ph.D.), died in Valparaiso, Indiana, in April 2001. Bill's SIO/UCLA thesis (1954) was titled "The Ecology of Living Foraminifera, Todo Santos Bay, Baja California." His field work employed E.W. Scripps, crewed in part by fellow graduate students. Immediately upon graduation Bill Walton joined Gulf Research and Development in Pittsburgh as a paleoecologist. Moving to Amoco Oil in 1957 he rose from paleoecologist to research director for geology and geochemistry, chief geologist and exploration manager for Latin America and the far east. From 1981 to 1985, Bill conducted independent research on foram ecology in his personal laboratory in Barnstable, Massachusetts, very near Woods Hole where he long had had similarly interested associates. Throughout that period, and later, he returned to SIO on extended visits to conduct studies with Fred Phleger and Wolf Berger. AWARDS Bonnie Becker, a graduate student in MLRG, was selected for a Switzer Environmental Fellowship by the San Francisco Foundation. She was chosen as one of 10 scholars each receiving a $13,000 award based on her "strong academic record and demonstrated commitment to environmental protection and restoration and leadership qualities." Wolf Berger has been awarded the Francis P. Shepard Medal of the Society of Sedimentary Geologists (SEPM). The medal is awarded for "excellence in marine geology" and is given in honor of Francis Shepard who taught at SIO for 40 years. Jerry Winterer was the recipient of this medal in 2000 and Joe Curray in 1970. Wolf will be receiving his medal at the SEPM annual meeting in Denver in June 2001. Scripps Professor Emeritus Charles S. "Chip" Cox was awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Chip received a medal and a $15,000 prize during the NAS annual meeting in April 2001 in Washington, D.C. Awarded every three years for original contributions in the science of oceanography, the Agassiz Medal was established by a gift from Sir John Murray. Chip was honored "for his pioneering studies, both theoretical and instrumental, of oceanic waves, microstructure and mixing, and of electromagnetic fields in the ocean and in the seafloor." Jeremy Jackson, professor of oceanography with GRD and MBRD, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was recognized for world-class scholarship, teaching, and leadership in marine biology and ecology, ecologic and evolutionary theory, and paleontology. John Largier, an associate research oceanographer with Marine Life Research Group and the Center for Coastal Studies, has been awarded a fellowship from the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. The program is designed to improve scientific communication about environmental issues to the media, policy makers, and the private sector. John is one of 20 environmental scientists who will participate in this year?s third annual Leopold Leadership Program. Walter Munk, research professor of geophysics, emeritus, IGPP, has been honored by the Navy League of the United States with the 2001 Albert A. Michelson Award. The award recognizes scientists whose research has significantly improved the nation?s maritime forces or the U.S. industrial technology base. Munk was honored as one of the founding greats of modern oceanography. Jeff Severinghaus, an associate professor in the SIO Graduate Department, was awarded a David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship to pursue his research in rapid climate change over the next five years. These fellowships are among the most prestigious and well-funded awards for younger faculty members at U.S. universities. Dick Seymour, a research engineer in the Center for Coastal Studies, was awarded the 2000 John G. Moffatt - Frank E. Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The award is one of only two medals ASCE grants annually in the field of coastal engineering. The award recognizes new ideas and concepts that can be efficiently implemented to expand the engineering or construction techniques available for harbor and coastal projects. Dick received the award in December 2000 at the Carbonate Beaches 2000 Conference in Key Largo, Fl. He was cited "for his significant engineering contributions (research, teaching, design, and management) for many years in coastal sediment transport, and wave measurement analysis." Jim Stewart, diving officer emeritus at Scripps, was one of the initial inductees into the NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors) Hall of Honor. At a special awards ceremony held during NAUI's 40th Anniversary Reunion in Houston, Stewart joined 21 other scuba pioneers who were honored for their countless hours of volunteer labor and valuable contributions to the field of scuba diving. Jim has been associated with Scripps since 1952. As diving officer from 1960 until his retirement in 1991, he managed the nation's oldest and largest nongovernmental research diving program , which became the model for safe and effective conduct of international research diving programs. He remains active in our Scripps diving program. Also, Jim will be honored with the 2001 Roger Revelle Trophy of the San Diego Oceans Foundation, for "significant contributions to the Oceans Foundation's mission of advancement of stewardship of the oceans." The citation notes Jim's accomplishments in the field of safe scientific diving that have contributed not only to the advancement of underwater science, but also to the safety of all who dive in San Diego waters. Professor Lynne Talley of the Physical Oceanography Research Division has been chosen as the recipient of the 25th Annual Rosenstiel Award. The award, presented by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, recognizes outstanding scientists and researchers for their contributions to the field of marine science. Excerpts from the award citation note: "Dr. Talley is a seagoing oceanographer who has made one of the most singular contributions to the exploration of the ocean and the unraveling of its many complexities... Through her strong understanding of ocean dynamics and general ocean circulation theory, Lynne's contributions have gone far beyond simply describing the ocean's behavior and have led to fundamental new insights into the workings of the global ocean-atmosphere system... Dr. Talley is famous for her seemingly endless energy and her ability to infect her students and colleagues alike with her enthusiasm for the research at hand."
|
||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
