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NEWSLETTER March 1982 WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION NEWSLETTER March 1982 WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION WHOI MICROBIOLOGIST WINS FISHER AWARD Senior Scientist Holger Jannasch of the Biology Department has been chosen the 1982 r~cipient of the Fisher Scientific Comp3ny Award for Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The award is given to s timulate research and development in these fields and consists of a plaque and $1,000, which was presented to Holger early this month at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASH) in Atlanta. In announcing Holger's selection for the Fisher Award, the ASH stated: "For th~ past 20 years Holger Jannasch has maintained an inventive program of research devoted to the quantitative understanding of the occurrence and metabolism of bacteria in the marine environment and their role within the complex matrix of assimilatory and dissimilatory transformations that found the marine food chain. His r esearch in mi crobial activity has been strongly based in the :NSTITUTION SCIENTIST WINS HONORS laboratory, where the elucidation o f 0F A DIFFERENT SORr! fundamental principles has permitted intelligent and meaningful direction for Senior Scientist Dave Ross of the quantitative s tudies in the field." :eology and Geophysics Department brought a The Society also noted his work on rather unusual honor to the Institution microbiology at hydrothermal vents : "Dr. 'ecently when he was named "best poker Jannasch is a t the forefront of research in llaye r on Cape Cod ." Dave was one of 100 the ecology and metabolism of the micro­ individuals to participate In an e limination organisms driving this unique ecosystem. He ~ournament February 26-27 at the Sheraton possesses not only the ingenuity but also a lnn, Falmouth, sponsored by the Falmouth ca r eful systematic approach to science that ~ions Club. His prize was a three-foot will guarantee justice t o the field of trophy (pic tured here) with, quite microbial ecology. Hi s contributions will Lppropriately, a hand of cards on t o p! most certianly be wide ly felt ." The ASH has a membership over 30,000 and selects an ecological microbiologist for ASSOCIATES DINNERS PLANNED the Fisher Award every other year. Previous recipients we r e H. Shilo of the Hebrew The annual spring Associates Dinners University in Jerusalem and H. Alexander of will be he ld March 31 at Boston's Museum of Cornell University. Science . April 6 at the Union League Club in N~w York, a~d in June in Woods Hole. Poster displays will f eature the wo rk of Terry Joyce F·IRST AID CLASSES HOVED TO CLAlU{ Ind Peter Wiebe, Bob Naiman , and Pat Lohmann. The next first aid class will be held Marc h 15 in Cl ark 507 at I p .m. The WHO! volleyball team will play in a New England tournament March 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, at the Quincy YMCA, Contact Tom Dun­ can at MBL for detail s . FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS From the Department of the Interior: The Institution has received funding -- to Joe Kiebala for "Supplies and Services for work under the direction of the for the U.S. GeologicaL Survey," 5584,065. following scientists . From the National Geographic Society: From the National Science Foundation: -- t o Larry Madin for "Night-Diving for the -- to Peter Wiebe for "Ecological Studies of Study of Zooplankton Behavior," 511,300. ZoopLankton Populations in Warm Core Rings and in the Northwestern AtLantic SLope From Seakem Oceanography Ltd.: Water," $476,721; -- to Dick Backus for "~lesopelagic Fishes in -- to Sus Honjo for "Construction of PARrl' Gulf Stream Warm-Core Rings," $138,510; Nark V Sediment Trap , " 518,549. -- to Larry Madin for "The Biology of Gelatinous Zooplankton : Feeding Rates and Behavior of Salps, Ctenophores and Hyperiid Amphipods," 5 79,684; -- to Holger Jannasch for "Microbial Transformations in the Deep Sea," 5120,000; -- to Ralph Stephen for "BorehoLe Seismic Experiment in the Costa RiCA Rift Area, " 5171,401 ; -- to Joel Goldman for "The Influence of Temperature on Photosynthetic and Nitrogen Turnover Rates of Marine Phytoplankton," $92,76L; -- to Ken Brink for "Organiza tion of Persistent UpweLling Structures: Near-Surface Circulation Associated with a Coastal Upwelling Center," 5 53 ,476; -- to Tim Cowles for "Zooplankton Rate Processes and Copepod Distribution Patterns dS Affected by Gulf Stream Warm Core Rings," 585,306; -- to Werner Deuser for "Seasonal Changes in the Supply of Sediment to the Deep Sargasso Sea ," 5103,555; -- to Ken Peal for "Shipboard Technician Support," 5199,900; -- to Elazar Uchupi and Brian Tucholke for "Construction of the Nova Scotian Continental Rise," 515,842; -- to Bill Curry for "The Effec t s of Climatic Change on the Abyssal Circul ation of the Atlantic Ocean: A Carbon Isotopic Approach," $96,269. "i10ppy Valentine's Day to all my sweetlesJII was the From the Office of Naval Research: menaye on a oolJquet of five red ba lloons sent to the Personnel vlfice by Sofety Officer lric Spencer. Pictured here with the bouquet are (left to right): -- to Earl Hays for "Acoustic Properties of Julie Androde, ~hrls Brown, Donna Gorcio ond Sam long . Bottom Sediments ," $75,000. Bolloons ore the hottest gift item these doys; Mott beula, Steve '->egg. lind Eloise Soderland olsa received balloon bouque'ts for Valentine ' s Day. From the Department of Energy: Pnoto by SI'I81 ley lllUlon. -- to Gabe Csanady for "Coastal SheH Transport and Diffusion," 5180,807; NEWSLETTER NOTICES - Please send notices, -- to John Hunt for "Organic Geochemistry of photos and photo tips, and any other items Continental Hargin Sediments," $137, 500. of interest to the oceanographic community to Shelley Lauzon, editor, Co-op , ext . 2271 . IN MEMORIAM lIoagta nd. is a WIIOI Trustee and Corporation Member; he is directo r and president of the The Institution announces with sorrow Worceste r Foundation for Experimental the deaths of Corporation t-Iembers Henry S. Biol ogy. Morgan February 7 at age 81, Raymond S. Stevens February 14 at age 87, and Hudson Hoagland March 4 at age 82. Henry Morgan was elected a Member of the Corporation in 1950 and joined the Associates Program in 19 52 when the group began. He was named to the Endowment Committee in 1954 and became a Life Associate in 1956 and an Honorary Member of the Corporation in 1974. Mr. Morgan was a partner in the family firm of J.P. Morgan and Co~pany until 1935, when he and others formed Morgan Stanley to carryon the securities business formerly handled by J.P. Morgan and Company. He became a limited partner in 1970 and Advisory Director froCl 1975 until his death. Ra ymond Stevens was elected a Member '" IOCIII ... teel blind, "Acoustic KelellS8," entertllined lit of the WHOI Corporation in 1949 and served Tt.IF In January. Even a sIMI 1 partlcipllnt (below) as an active Trustee until 1964. He was enjoyed the soondsl Members of the bllrld (top photo) are (left to right): John Thonpson, Paul OeOrsay (from Corporation President from 1955 to 1961. In ~I:.""s wt.~lI1AAlJ), Hili Terry, Sally Thonpson, Carl 1953 he joined the Associates Program; he <"hase {frDIII SLA's WESTWARD} and Trina Wellman was named an Honorary Trus tee in 1966 and an (hloden) . Photos by Vicky <..ullen. Honorary Member of the Corporation in 1974. Mr. Stevens joined Arthur O. Little, Inc . in 1920 and became president in 1934, senior vice president in 1955, president in 1956 and chairman of the board in 1960. He stepped down as president of the WHOI Corpora tion in 1961 to return as president of Arthur O. Little. He served as chairman of the board from 1962 until his retirement in 1964. During: his more than 40 years with Arthur D. Little, Mr. Stevens broadened the firm's scope of ope rations, establishing the firs t ope rations research group in industry and expanding the company's services into consulting in mark.eting, management and international economic development. Dr. Hudson Hoagland joined the As sociates in 1954, was elected a Member of the WHOI Corporation in 1955 and a Trustee in 1961. Active on many Trustee and WHOI RESEARCH ASSISTANT WINS Corporation committees, he was named an YOUNG CAREER WOMAN AWARD Honorary Trustee in 1969 and an Honorary Member of the Co rporation in 1974. Dale Goehringer. a research assistant He was a leader in the field of in Biologist John Teal's lab, was chosen the neuroendrocrinology, the study of electrical Young Ca reer Woman for 1982 by the Falmouth brain waves and the use of the el ect r o­ Business and Professional Women's Club encephalogram , whi ch became a diagnostic February 24. Dale competed with seven other tool in neurology. He wa s cofounder and area women for the title and will enter the executive director of the Worcester district competition later this month. The Foundation for Experimental Biology in award represents "achievements and ability Shrewsbury from its founding in 1944 until to project an image reflecting the role of his retirement 1n 1968 , when he became today's young women in soc~ety." Congratula­ president emeritus. His son, Dr. Mahlon B. tions, Dale! WHOI SAFETY: FLYING CYLINDERS POSE THREAT ASSISTANT SCIENTIST APPOINTED IN O.E. A recent accident at a company James Lynch has been appointed an involving the accidental release of the assistant scientist in the Ocean Engineerinp energy contained in a liquified compressed Department. gas cylinder was witnessed firsthand by He received his B.S. degree in several employees. Safety Officer Eric physics from the Stevens Institute of Spencer reports than the classic flying Technology and his Ph.D. degree in physics cylinder accident rarely occurs, but when it from The University of Texas at Austin.
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