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Henry Melson Stommel<Br> 27 September, 1920Œ17 January
Journal of Marine Research, 50, i-viii, 1992 Henry Melson Stommel 27 September, 1920-17 January, 1992 Henry Stommel's heart stopped beating shortly after midnight on Friday, January 17, 1992, four days after he had undergone surgery for liver cancer at Deaconness Hospital in Brookline, Mass. His death brought to an end the career of a man who, for 45 years, was the most significant scientific contributor to the development of oceanography and who brought a rare degree of harmony and collegiality to the field. When Hank arrived at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1944 there was little reason to suppose that anything momentous had taken place. As an undergraduate at Yale he had been advised by a counselor that, since he evidently had no talent for science, he should take up law. In 1944 he was a second-year graduate student in Astronomy at Yale and was a conscientious objector to war. The job at Woods Hole was a way of serving his country without going to the battlefield. The Yale Astronomy Department from which he had come was strongly focused on celestial mechanics, and Hank had developed an interest in the marine environ- ment through his study of celestial navigation, one of the courses that he taught. He had read a lot about the ocean and decided to prepare a synthesis that he dedicated to the students in the navy program in which he had been teaching. It was a trait that was to stay with him thoughout his life; he would be heard. Over a three-week period he wrote a 208-page book, Science of the Seven Seas, which was published by Cornell Maritime Press in 1945. -
Cumulated Bibliography of Biographies of Ocean Scientists Deborah Day, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives Revised December 3, 2001
Cumulated Bibliography of Biographies of Ocean Scientists Deborah Day, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives Revised December 3, 2001. Preface This bibliography attempts to list all substantial autobiographies, biographies, festschrifts and obituaries of prominent oceanographers, marine biologists, fisheries scientists, and other scientists who worked in the marine environment published in journals and books after 1922, the publication date of Herdman’s Founders of Oceanography. The bibliography does not include newspaper obituaries, government documents, or citations to brief entries in general biographical sources. Items are listed alphabetically by author, and then chronologically by date of publication under a legend that includes the full name of the individual, his/her date of birth in European style(day, month in roman numeral, year), followed by his/her place of birth, then his date of death and place of death. Entries are in author-editor style following the Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 14th ed., 1993). Citations are annotated to list the language if it is not obvious from the text. Annotations will also indicate if the citation includes a list of the scientist’s papers, if there is a relationship between the author of the citation and the scientist, or if the citation is written for a particular audience. This bibliography of biographies of scientists of the sea is based on Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre’s bibliography of biographies first published annually beginning with issue 4 of the History of Oceanography Newsletter (September 1992). It was supplemented by a bibliography maintained by Eric L. Mills and citations in the biographical files of the Archives of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. -
A NEW EYE on COASTS Celebrating 2 Award-Winning Years of Eos Magazine and Eos.Org
VOL. 98 NO. 1 JAN 2017 Antarctic Trek for Space Weather Partnering Academia and the Military Earth & Space Science News Whisker-like New Mineral Discovered A NEW EYE ON COASTS Celebrating 2 Award-Winning Years of Eos Magazine and Eos.org Nearly 1 Million Online Readers An International Readership Spanning 196 Countries Multiple Awards from Association TRENDS and Association Media & Publishing VOL. 97 NO. 23 1 DEC 2016 VOL. 96 NO. 4 1 MAR 2015 VOL. 96 NO. 13 15 JUL 2015 Earth & Space Science News Earth & Space Science News HowHowHow Ready ReadyReady is Isis Los Los Angeles Angeles LEARNING Sonar Data forfor thethe NextNext “ GEOSCIENCE from the Water Column “Big OneOne”? Tracking Global ? BY DOING Landslide Hazards ”? Students Launch High-Altitude Balloons Monitoring Colombia’s GEOSCIENCE Slumbering Volcanoes Seismic Hazard Assessment Lab Simulates Science Fares Well in U.S. Solar Eruptions Gender Parity Proposed Federal Budget Magnetic Islands Caterpillar-Like Motion in Space of the Greenland Ice Sheet New for 2017: You’ll receive Eos magazine once a month, and now you’ll enjoy More Content: More features, news, and Research Spotlights More Depth: Special issues on important and emerging topics The satisfaction of a reduced carbon footprint And, as always, you can read articles free online as soon as they are published on Eos.org or by adding Eos.org to mobile apps like SmartNews and Flipboard. Earth & Space Science News Contents JANUARY 2017 PROJECT UPDATE VOLUME 98, ISSUE 1 14 Space Weather from a Southern Point of View A recently completed instrument array monitors geospace from the Antarctic end of Earth’s magnetic field lines. -
River Depletion Due to Pumping of a Well Near a River Glover
River Depletion due to Pumping of a Well Near a River Glover OFFICERS OF THE UNION, 1953-58 SECTIONS OF THE UNION JOHN A. FLEMING, Honorary President Section of Geodesy JAMES B. MACELWANE, President ALBERT J HosKiNsoN, President MAURICE EWING, Vice President AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION Section of Seismology Ross JOHN PUTNAM MARBLE, General Secretary R. HEINRICH, President Section of Meteorology WALDO E. SMITH. Executive Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PHIL E. CHURCH, President 1530 P Street, N. W. Section of Terrestrial Magnetism Washington 5, D. C. and Electricity VICTOR EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS American National Committee VACQUIER, President of the Section of Oceanography CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics RIciimu) H. FLEMING, President CHAIRMEN, DIVISIONS OF THE and Committee on Geophysics of the Section of Volcanology NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Wii.i.awm F. Fostiwo, President International Relations NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Section of Hydrology Physical Sciences HAROLD G. Wrud, President Chemistry and Chemical Technology WASHINGTON, D. C. Geology Section of Tectonophysics and Geography FRANCIS BIRCH, President Biology and Agriculture AMERICAN OFFICERS International Union of Geodesy and 1530 P Street, N.W. Geophysics Washington 5, D. C. October 22, 1954 Messrs. liobert E. Glover & Glenn G. Balmer, Bureau of Reclamation Bldg. 53, Denver Federal Center Denver 2, Colorado Gentlemen: Thank you for your letter of October 13 with which you forwarded the closing discussion on your paper relating to river depletion. We are for- warding this, together with Hantush's discussion of your paper, to the Editor and in due course will write to you further. We are calling the Editor's attention to the closing paragraptf your letter. -
TRINITY COLLEGE Cambridge Trinity College Cambridge College Trinity Annual Record Annual
2016 TRINITY COLLEGE cambridge trinity college cambridge annual record annual record 2016 Trinity College Cambridge Annual Record 2015–2016 Trinity College Cambridge CB2 1TQ Telephone: 01223 338400 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.trin.cam.ac.uk Contents 5 Editorial 11 Commemoration 12 Chapel Address 15 The Health of the College 18 The Master’s Response on Behalf of the College 25 Alumni Relations & Development 26 Alumni Relations and Associations 37 Dining Privileges 38 Annual Gatherings 39 Alumni Achievements CONTENTS 44 Donations to the College Library 47 College Activities 48 First & Third Trinity Boat Club 53 Field Clubs 71 Students’ Union and Societies 80 College Choir 83 Features 84 Hermes 86 Inside a Pirate’s Cookbook 93 “… Through a Glass Darkly…” 102 Robert Smith, John Harrison, and a College Clock 109 ‘We need to talk about Erskine’ 117 My time as advisor to the BBC’s War and Peace TRINITY ANNUAL RECORD 2016 | 3 123 Fellows, Staff, and Students 124 The Master and Fellows 139 Appointments and Distinctions 141 In Memoriam 155 A Ninetieth Birthday Speech 158 An Eightieth Birthday Speech 167 College Notes 181 The Register 182 In Memoriam 186 Addresses wanted CONTENTS TRINITY ANNUAL RECORD 2016 | 4 Editorial It is with some trepidation that I step into Boyd Hilton’s shoes and take on the editorship of this journal. He managed the transition to ‘glossy’ with flair and panache. As historian of the College and sometime holder of many of its working offices, he also brought a knowledge of its past and an understanding of its mysteries that I am unable to match. -
Bibliography of PHYSI~AL LIMNOLOGY
STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF SHORE EROSION DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 25 (CONTRIBUTION NO. 4 LAKE ERIE GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM) Bibliography Of PHYSI~AL LIMNOLOGY 1781 ••••1954 COLUMBUS 1955 STATE OF OHIO Frank J. Lausche, Governor DEPAR 1MENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES A. W. Marion, Director NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION George Wenger, Chairman John A. Slipher, Bryce Browning, Vice Chairman Secretary C. D. Blubaugh Dr. John L. Rich Dr. C. L. Dow Milton Ronsheim A. W. Marion Dean L. L. Rummell DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY John H. Melvin, Chief DIVIS ION OF SHORE EROSION F . 0 , Kugle , Chief STATE OF OHIO Frank J. Lausche, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES A. W. Marion, Director DIVISION OF SHORE EROSION F. 0. Kugel, Chief DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY John H. Melvin, Chief REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS NO. 2 5 (CONTRIBUTION NO. 4 LAKE ERIE GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PHYSICAL LIMNOLOGY 1781 .... 1954 By James L. Verber This publication is a cooperative project of the Division of Shore Erosion and The Division of Geological Survey. The research upon which the publication is based has been sponsored chiefly by t the Division of Shore Erosion. i COLUMBUS, 1955 I Blank Page t:;ONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION •••••••••• v Organization of the Index • v Suggestions on using the Index vi ABBREVIATIONS • vii BmLIOGRAPHY 1 INDEX and ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LAKES CITED 45 ADDENDUM WITH INDEX . • . 54 iii Blank Page INTBODU~TION The Bibliography of Physical Limnology, 1781- their assistance in preparing the manuscript for publica- 1953, contains both a bibliography and subject index tion. -
National Academy of Sciences July 1, 1979 Officers
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES JULY 1, 1979 OFFICERS Term expires President-PHILIP HANDLER June 30, 1981 Vice-President-SAUNDERS MAC LANE June 30, 1981 Home Secretary-BRYCE CRAWFORD,JR. June 30, 1983 Foreign Secretary-THOMAS F. MALONE June 30, 1982 Treasurer-E. R. PIORE June 30, 1980 Executive Officer Comptroller Robert M. White David Williams COUNCIL Abelson, Philip H. (1981) Markert,C. L. (1980) Berg, Paul (1982) Nierenberg,William A. (1982) Berliner, Robert W. (1981) Piore, E. R. (1980) Bing, R. H. (1980) Ranney, H. M. (1980) Crawford,Bryce, Jr. (1983) Simon, Herbert A. (1981) Friedman, Herbert (1982) Solow, R. M. (1980) Handler, Philip (1981) Thomas, Lewis (1982) Mac Lane, Saunders (1981) Townes, Charles H. (1981) Malone, Thomas F. (1982) Downloaded by guest on September 30, 2021 SECTIONS The Academyis divided into the followingSections, to which membersare assigned at their own choice: (11) Mathematics (31) Engineering (12) Astronomy (32) Applied Biology (13) Physics (33) Applied Physical and (14) Chemistry Mathematical Sciences (15) Geology (41) Medical Genetics Hema- (16) Geophysics tology, and Oncology (21) Biochemistry (42) Medical Physiology, En- (22) Cellularand Develop- docrinology,and Me- mental Biology tabolism (23) Physiological and Phar- (43) Medical Microbiology macologicalSciences and Immunology (24) Neurobiology (51) Anthropology (25) Botany (52) Psychology (26) Genetics (53) Social and Political Sci- (27) Population Biology, Evo- ences lution, and Ecology (54) Economic Sciences In the alphabetical list of members,the numbersin parentheses, followingyear of election, indicate the respective Class and Section of the member. CLASSES The members of Sections are grouped in the following Classes: I. Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16). -
A Geochemist in His Garden of Eden
A GEOCHEMIST IN HIS GARDEN OF EDEN WALLY BROECKER 2016 ELDIGIO PRESS Table of Contents Chapter 1 Pages Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1-13 Chapter 2 Paul Gast and Larry Kulp ......................................................................................... 14-33 Chapter 3 Phil Orr...................................................................................................................... 34-49 Chapter 4 230Th Dating .............................................................................................................. 50-61 Chapter 5 Mono Lake ................................................................................................................ 62-77 Chapter 6 Bahama Banks .......................................................................................................... 78-92 Chapter 7 Doc Ewing and his Vema ........................................................................................ 93-110 Chapter 8 Heezen and Ewing ................................................................................................ 111-121 Chapter 9 GEOSECS ............................................................................................................. 122-138 Chapter 10 The Experimental Lakes Area .............................................................................. 139-151 Table of Contents Chapter 11 Sea Salt ................................................................................................................. -
The Bullard, Everett and Smith Reconstruction of the Circum-Atlantic Continents
1 GENESIS OF A GEOPHYSICAL ICON: THE BULLARD, EVERETT AND SMITH RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CIRCUM-ATLANTIC CONTINENTS J. E. EVERETT Faculty of Economics and Commerce The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009 [email protected] A. G. SMITH Department of Earth Sciences, Sedgwick Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K. [email protected] ABSTRACT The first computer fit of the continents had its origins in a controversy over Warren Carey’s visual fit between South America and Africa. Sir Harold Jeffreys denied that there was a fit, but Sir Edward Bullard considered the fit to be impressive. Bullard suggested quantifying the fit to Jim Everett, a graduate student at the time. Everett did so, developing his own method from his mathematical background, and computed the fit for the South Atlantic. Alan Smith, then a research assistant, used his geological knowledge and worked with Everett to fit together all the circum-Atlantic continents. Thus Bullard had the idea of quantifying the fit, and Everett and Smith implemented it. Then Smith extended the method to fits beyond the Earth Sciences History Atlantic. The outcome owed much to Bullard’s leadership, and to the lively v. 27, no. 1, 2008 and open discussions that prevailed during coffee and tea at Madingley pp. Rise, which housed the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics of the University of Cambridge at that time. 1. INTRODUCTION Bullard, Everett and Smith’s (1965) computer fit of the circum-Atlantic continents has become something of a geophysical icon. It gave rise to new ideas and set new approaches in motion, whose consequences are still being worked out today. -
Walter Heinrich Munk
WALTER HEINRICH MUNK 19 october 1917 . 8 february 2019 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY VOL. 163, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2019 biographical memoirs alter Heinrich Munk was a brilliant scholar and scientist who was considered one of the greatest oceanographers of W his time. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1917 as the Austro-Hungarian Empire was declining and just before the death of one of its great artists, Gustav Klimt. Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, who later changed her name to Hedy Lamarr to accommodate her film career, was one of Walter’s childhood friends.1 Walter’s mother, Rega Brunner,2 the daughter of a wealthy Jewish banker, divorced Walter’s father in 1927 and married Dr. Rudolf Engelsberg in 1928. By age 14, Walter apparently had not distinguished himself in his school studies and announced that he intended to become a ski instructor. Walter later claimed that it was this that caused his mother to send him to work at a family bank in New York. The validity of this claim should be tempered by the political turmoil in Germany and its proximity to Austria. In any case, Walter left Vienna in 1932. In New York, he attended Silver Bay Preparatory School for Boys on Lake George and then became a lowly employee in the Cassel Bank, which was associated with the family’s Brunner Bank in New York. In the meantime, Walter restarted his education at Columbia’s Extension School. He greatly disliked the work at the bank and apparently made a number of mistakes, which didn’t endear him to the owners of the Cassel Bank. -
The Historical Background
01 orestes part 1 10/24/01 3:40 PM Page 1 Part I The Historical Background The idea that continents move was first seriously considered in the early 20th century, but it took scientists 40 years to decide that it was true. Part I describes the historical background to this question: how scientists first pondered the question of crustal mobility, why they rejected the idea the first time around, and how they ultimately came back to it with new evidence, new ideas, and a global model of how it works. 01 orestes part 1 10/24/01 3:40 PM Page 2 01 orestes part 1 10/24/01 3:40 PM Page 3 Chapter 1 From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics Naomi Oreskes Since the 16th century, cartographers have noticed the jigsaw-puzzle fit of the continental edges.1 Since the 19th century, geol- ogists have known that some fossil plants and animals are extraordinar- ily similar across the globe, and some sequences of rock formations in distant continents are also strikingly alike. At the turn of the 20th cen- tury, Austrian geologist Eduard Suess proposed the theory of Gond- wanaland to account for these similarities: that a giant supercontinent had once covered much or all of Earth’s surface before breaking apart to form continents and ocean basins. A few years later, German meteo- rologist Alfred Wegener suggested an alternative explanation: conti- nental drift. The paleontological patterns and jigsaw-puzzle fit could be explained if the continents had migrated across the earth’s surface, sometimes joining together, sometimes breaking apart. -
WILLIAM MAURICE EWING May 12, 1906-May 4, 1974
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WILLIAM MAURICE Ew ING 1906—1974 A Biographical Memoir by ED W A R D C . B ULLARD Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoir COPYRIGHT 1980 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WASHINGTON D.C. WILLIAM MAURICE EWING May 12, 1906-May 4, 1974 BY EDWARD C. BULLARD* CHILDHOOD, 1906-1922 ILLIAM MAURICE EWING was born on May 12, 1906 in W Lockney, a town of about 1,200 inhabitants in the Texas panhandle. He rarely used the name William and was always known as Maurice. His paternal great-grandparents moved from Kentucky to Livingston County, Missouri, at some date before 1850. Their son John Andrew Ewing, Maurice's grandfather, fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War; while in the army he met two brothers whose family had also come from Kentucky to Missouri before 1850 and were living in De Kalb County. Shortly after the war he married their sister Martha Ann Robinson. Their son Floyd Ford Ewing, Maurice's father, was born in Clarkdale, Mis- souri, in 1879. In 1889 the family followed the pattern of the times and moved west to Lockney, Texas. Floyd Ewing was a gentle, handsome man with a liking for literature and music, whom fate had cast in the unsuitable roles of cowhand, dryland farmer, and dealer in hardware and farm implements. Since he kept his farm through the *This memoir is a corrected and slightly amplified version of one published by the Royal Society in their Biographical Memoirs (21:269-311, 1975).