NEWSLETTER WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MAY/JUNE 1996
Two New Endowed Senior Scientist New Awards Recognize Engineering Chairs Awarded by WHOI and Instrument Development
A May 1995 challenge by a former Chairman of the Institution's For the first time in the Woods Hole Oceano Board of Trustees has led to the establishment of three newen graphic Institution's 6&-year history, research dowed senior scientist chairs at the Institution, two of which were support has been provided to members of the recently presented. Biologist Peter Wiebe is the first recipient of the Institution's Senior Technical Staff in recognition of Adams Chair, and Physical Oceanographer Robert Beardsley is the their accomplishments in engineering and instru first recipient of the Walter A. and Hope Noyes Smith Chair. ment development and their commitment to The permanently endowed rotating chairs are awarded for mentorship and partnerShip with junior technical extraordinary accomplishments in marine scientific research and staff. Funds for the awards have been provided by education and were officially presented al the Trustee and Corpora The Richard K. Mellon Foundation. tion meetings May 17 by WHOt Director Robert Gagosian, assisted Recipients of the first three Senior Technical by the chair donors. The chairs are generally awarded for five years Staff Awards are Albert Bradley and Kenneth and provide partial salary support each year. Furxls from the chair Prada of the Applied Ocean Physics and Engineer enable the recipient to wQfk on projects for which traditional grant ing Department aoo Jerome Dean of the Physical support is unlikely, and can provide some time to explore new ideas Oceanography Department. Nominations were or research directions that changing technology has made available. solicited from the scientific and technical staffs, Charles Francis Adams, who served as Chairman of the and the first three awards were announced in May Institution's Board of Trustees from 1973 to 1985, had challenged his colleagues at the spring 1995 Trustee and Corporation Meetings that Continued on page 4 Continued on page 2
Smith Chair recipient Bob Beardsley (second from right) with donors Adams Chair recipient Peter Wiebe (right) with Waffer and Hope Noyes Smith (left) and Director Bob Gagosian. donor Charles Adam. New Senior Scientist Chairs "Peter believes strongly that nature is not a single discipline. It is continued from page 1 many disciplines intertwined, and that is how you unlock the secrets of nature. He has worked tirelessly on that effort, talking with he would fund the first Senior Scientist Chair in people at NSF and ONR, organizing programs and pushing this the Institution's current $50 million Capital concept in the oceanographic community." Campaign if they would fund two additional Peter Wiebe joined the Institution staff as an assistant scientist in chairs. Adams said he supports the Institution 1969. In 1974 he was promoted to associate scientist and in 1984 because he believes strongly in its work and to senior scientist He served as Chair of the Institution's Biology mission and its commitment to excellence. By Department from 1988 to 1992, and has been an Adjunct Professor October 1995 his challenge had been met. at Boston University since 1989. A 1962 graduate of North Arizona Nominations were then requested, and the first University, Wiebe received his Ph.D. in 1968 from the University of recipients of two of the new chairs were California at San Diego. Prior to joining the WHOI staff he served as announced in May. Details are being com a research assistant at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the pleted for the third chair. University of California, San Diego, from 1962 to 1968, as a post Senior Scientist Peter Wiebe of the Biology doctoral fellow at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University Department was presented the first Adams from 1968 to 1969, and as a temporary assistant professor at Chair for his research in biological oceanogra Oregon State University in 1969. phy. Donor Charles Francis Adams assisted "The thoughts that came to me shortly after Bob came to my office Director Bob Gagosian in presenting the chair, and told me I was the first recipient of the Adams chair were amaze symbolized by a named plaque, to Wiebe. ment, relief, opportunity, freedom and gratitude," Peter Wiebe tok:J the Adams, whose family has been affiliated with Trustees and Corporation Members. "I was amazed because I WHOI since its founding in 1930, is the former thought he was joking. There are so many able people on the senior Chairman of the Board of Raytheon Company. scientific staff. I was relieved because the immense pressure to Peter Wiebe's research has focused mostly continuously think of new ways to bring funding support to me and on the quantitative population ecology of the people who work with me had been lessened for a while. marine zooplankton," Director Bob Gagosian "I had been handed an opportunity to develop new ideas and to said in announcing the award. "Because of his pursue them, or to return to old data sets that had not been ad expertise, he has assumed a leadership equately explored for lack of funding to study them," he said. "ThIs position in the present George's Bank program opportunity comes without any strings attached, none of the strings GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynam that come with our traditional funding sources. That gives rise to ics), a fundamental yet directly sociaUy relevant freedom. No strings attached means there is freedom to pick and multidisciplinary study of the dynamics of chose those subjects of inquiry according to my inner dictum, not zooplankton and fish populations on that New according to the peer review process and the will of the funding England fishery." agencies. That is real freedom." "Peter has convinced not only his own Wiebe also said he felt a real sense of gratitude to not only those colleagues in biological oceanography but in who nominated and selected him, but to Charles Adams for "his other disciplines that they need to work to wisoom and generosity" to make this happen. "He has made an gether to understand the problems of nature," investment into senior scientists which I can assure you will make a Bob Gagosian said at the award presentation. significant difference to me personalty, and that I believe will make a significant difference to this Institution in the future. The prospect of receiving a senior scientist chair offers hope to those individuals in this The Newsletter is published monthly or rank who have seen, over the last ten to fdleen years, a real long-term bimonthly for employees, students and decline in the support for scientists that has traditionally come from members of the Woods Hole Oceano backers in the federal agencies. These chairs come at a very signifl graphic Institution community. Ideas cant time for us, and our spirits get lifted by this kind of an occasion." for stories, photos, and other items of "Those of us who have reached the senior scientist ranks are driven interest to the community are welcome to do the work, driven because we love it, because we are still very and should be sent to: Newsletter curious about how the world works, and because we want to continue Editor, News Office, MS #16, Woods to make fundamental new knowledge available to our colleagues and Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods to the world at large, .. he added. "The Adams Chair instills in me a Hole, MA 02543. Telephone 508-289- renewed vigor, a commitment, and an enthusiasm for continuing what I 2270 or 289-3340. consider to be my avocation." Senior Scientist Robert Beardsley of the Physical Oceanography Writer/Editor: Shelley M. Lauzon Department was awarded the first Walter A. and Hope Noyes Smith Staff Support: Kathleen Patterson Chair for his research on coastal ocean processes. Walter and Continued on page 15
2 WHOI NEWSLETTER MAY/JUNE 1996 Trustees/Corporation Members Elected at Spring Meetings
Sixteen new Trustees and Corpo ration Members were elected at the spring meetings of the Trustees and Corporation in Woods Hole May 16- 17. Five new Honorary Trustees and six Honorary Members were also elected, and 30 Trustees and Mem bers were re-elected. Highlights of the meeting included presentation of two new Senior Scien tist chairs, the Adams Chair to Senior Scientist Peter Wiebe of the Biology Department and the Walter A. and Hope • Noyes Smith Chair to Senior Scientist Bob Beardsley of the Physical Oceanog raphy Department (see article page 1). Recipients of the first Senior Technical Staff Awards, Al Bradley and Ken Prada Trustee and Capital Campaign Committee Chair John 8ockstoce (right) of the Applied Ocean Physics and discusses a poster display with Senior Associate Director and Director of Engineering Department and Jerry Dean Research Jim Luyten at the Trustee reception and dinner May 16. of the Physical Oceanography Depart ment, were introduced at a May 16 dinner and had a elected to four-year terms in the Class of 2000: chance to discuss their research with Trustees at a Robert A. Day is Chairman of the Board of Trust reception and poster session (see article page 1). All Company of the West in Los Angeles, CA. He is Chair senior scientist chair holders were also invited to the man of the Board of the W.M. Keck Foundation and dinner and introduced by Director Bob Gagosian. Joe Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Claremont N1cKenna Pedlosky and Stan Hart, holders of the Doherty and Iselin College, where he received his bachelor's degree. He chairs, respectively, spoke at the Joint Trustee/Corpora resides in New York City and Edgartown, MA. tion Meeting the following day about what the chairs had James B. Hurtock is a partner in the New York law enabled them to do in their research. firm White & Case. He is a Trustee of The Presbyterian Among the Corporation business items reported on at Hospital in New York City and The Parker School of the meetings by the Chairman of the Board were creation Foreign and Comparative Law and a member of the New of a Business Opportunities Ad Hoc Committee to assist York Yacht Club and Mystic Seaport Museum. A gradu the Institution in developing non-traditional revenue ate of Princeton University, he was a Rhodes Scholar at opportunities, and the appointment of Pam Hart, Execu Oxford University and received his law degree from tive Assistant to the Director, as Oeputy Clerk of the Harvard University. He resides in Greenwich, CT. Corporation. William J. Kealy is a Limited Partner in the invest Other activities during the meeting (see photos pages ment firm of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He is a graduate of 8-9) included a New Member orientation and tour, a S1. John's University and resides in Duck, NC. roundtable discussion with alumni, students and Breene M. Kerr is President of Brookside Company. postdocs on "Life After an MITIWHOI Ph.D .... and discus He is a former Vice President of Kerr-McGee Chemical sion with Department Chairs on research activities. The Corporation, and also served as Assistant Administrator Members and Trustees also had a breakfast roundtable of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. discussion on "Communication in Times of Change," He is a graduate of MIT and resides in GreenwiCh, CT. learned what WHOI was doing on the Internet and World Re-elected for four-year terms as Trustees in the Wide Web. and heard from Physical Oceanographer Class of 2000 were: John Toole about his recent cruises as part of the Brazil Arthur yort<. Allen of New York City and Edgartown, Basin Tracer Release Experiment. Many of the more MA, who is affiliated with Hovey. Youngman Associates, Inc.; than 50 scientific and senior technical staff members Lewis M. Branscomb of Concord, MA, Director of the involved in the Partnership Program with Members and Science Technology and Public Policy Program and Trustees also had the chance to catch up with what each Aetna Professor in Public Policy and Corporate Manage other was doing after the meetings Friday afternoon. ment at Harvard University; In the business meetings, four new Trustees were Continued on page 14
MAY/JUNE 1996 WHOI NEWSLETTER 3 First Senior Technical Staff Awards Presented continued from page 1 by Institution Director Bob Gagosian. The $60,000 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) . Follow allocation to each recipient is intended for use primarily for ing a year-long ~tdoctoral appointment in the Ocean salary support during a three-year periocl which began Engineering Department at MIT, he was hired by WHOI in June 1. 1996. September 1974 as a research associate, was promoted "The WoOOs Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to research specialist in 1982, and in 1991 was promoted has a long-standing tradition of excellence in research and to his current position as senior engineer. education and in access to the sea," Bob Gagosian said in Bradley received his B.S. degree in engineering announCing the awards. "One of the most unique qualities physics from Cornell University in 1966, an M.S. degree in of the Institution is its extraordinary engineering and engineering physics from Cornell in 1967, and a Ph.D. in instrument development capability, which has enabled the ocean engineering from MIT in 1973. His thesis was essential links between research and the sea. Behind entitled "An Instrument for Measuring Deep Ocean Pres these links are our Technical Staff. With the current state sure Fluctuation." That was the first of many instruments, 01 research support in this country, it is important that we from subsurface floats to temperature and current profilers act now to preserve and build upon our strengths." to integrated communications in buoy systems, that he has Senior Engineer AI Bradley of the Applied Ocean developed for use by colleagues at WHOI and by other Physics and Engineering Department develops in-situ ocean scienlists arcund the world. His skills and interests ocean research instrumentation systems, including low have also led to development of a number of underwater power sensors, data handling and contrOl, acoustic research vehicles and systems. Most recently Bradley has tracking, sensing, telemetry and control, and autonomous served as one of three principal investigators who devel underwater research vehicles and systems. Author or co oped the Institution's first autonomous vehicle, the Autono author of more than 30 technical papers and articles, mous Benthic Explorer, or ABE. The vehicle conducted its Bradley joined the Institution staff as a summer employee first science mission in 1995. in 1967 between graduate programs at Cornell University AI describes himself as a toy maker, and a visit to his lab in Smith is testament to his love of m
4 WHOt NEWSLETTER MAYIJUNE 1996 Laboratory, which he still manages. In 1990 he was named a prinCipal engineer. Prada attended the University of Massachusetts from 1956 to 1958, the Electronics School at the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Illinois, in 1959, and the Missile Guidance and Tracking School at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama in 1960. He also attended the Capi10l Radio Engineering Institute from 1967 to 1969. Prior to joining the WHOI staff he served as an electron Ics technician for the Hawk Missile System, U.S. Marine Corps, from 1960 to 1963, during which time he also worked as owner/manager of BDN Electronics in Twenty-Nine Palms, California. Following a brief period in 1963 as a service technician for Bar-Mac Inc. in Los Angeles, California, he took a position as service man ager for Hudson Television in Gardens, California. In 1966 he moved to Falmouth and joined the WHOI staff. Jerry Dean (right) discusses instrument development with Ken says the award will give him "an opportunity to Trustee Mike Saf8. stop, take a deep breath and THINK, without the c0n stant pressure and interlerence that comes from the ~ng role in a sdence department, was lucky and got his daily proctuction grind." His award may also move closer wish. He enjoys putting hardware together, refining instru to reality "a few designs that could benefit instrumenta ments and making them wOO<: under difficult concitions. tion and data collection systems that nobody has had the One of the projects he woold like to do with I>s award funds time or funding to support." is p
MAYIJUNE 1996 WHOt NEWSLETTER 5 WHOI Oceanographer Receives Cody Award from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Senior Scientist Kenneth Brink has been awarded the 1996 Robert L. and Bette P. Cody Award by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California, San Diego. The Cody Award is the highest honor bestowed on an oceanographer by Scripps. Brink was recognized for his contributions to the field of physical ocean
ography I in particular coastal circulation. His research focuses on the re~se of waters over the continental shelf and their response to wif1d-. forcing. The author or co-author of 55 scientifIC publications, Brink has contributed to a variety of sea.going experiments as well as to theoretical research projects, and has wor1<.ed closely with oceanographers in other disciplines to promote interdisciplinary research in coastal oceanography_ MDr. Brink is a theoretician who is well known for his field work and experiment design," Scripps Director Edward Frieman said." He has made many significant contributions to the understanding of wind-driven coastal upwelling. We are very proud to have the opportunity to recognize his scientific contributions with the 1996 Cody Award." Brink was presented the award at a reception and dinner in San Diego May 2. Brink's research has provided new insights and understanding on a broad array of physical oceanographic processes and phenomena in coastal and open ocean regions. "As a theoretician he has benefited major Ken Brink displays the bronze medal he elements of the experimental oceanographic community by taking a received as part of the Cody Award. leadership role in significant field efforts involving the national and interna tional oceanographic community," the award citation states. "He has Brink was born in Buffalo, New worked closely with other disciplines in oceanography to understand the York, in 1949 and graduated from interactions responsible for the distributions of not only physical character Cornell University in 1971 with a B.S. istics but also biological and chemical properties. Through his scientific degree in engineering physics. He curiosity, intellect and personality Dr. Brink has helped bring about a then studied at Yale University, deeper understanding and appreciation of ocean science and its impor where he received a M. Phil. degree tance to SOCiety as a whole: in physical oceanography in 1973 and a Ph .D. degree in physical oceanography in 1977. He served as a research assistant at Yale from 1971 to 1976, and from 1977 to 1980 was a postdoctoral research associ ate and later research associate at Oregon State University. His affiliation with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution began in 1974 as a fellow in the summer Geophysical Fluid Dynamics program. He joined the WHOI staff full-time in 1980 as an assistant scientist, was promoted to associate scientist in 1984 and to senior scientist in 1993. Brink has been active in the international oceanographic commu nity, serving as associate editor of the South African Journal of Marine Science since 1984, as associate Ken Brink (center) with wife Nancy (standing right) escorted Sir Cecil Green editor of the Journal of Physical (second from left) to the Cody Award dinner and presentation at Scripps in Oceanography since 1985, and as a May. SIO's Walter Munk is at far left, and Judith Munk is seated at far right. Continued on next page
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• Cody Award been a member of the COOP steering recipient presents a general lecture to Continued from page 6 committee since 1990. the public and a seminar for Scripps Ken Brink selVed as a member of faculty and students. member of the editorial board of the the Ocean Studies Board of the The Cody award was first pre- Journal of Marine Research since National Research Council (NRC) sented in 1989 to Yale University 1989. He selVed as a guest editor of from 1991 to 1994, during which time Professor George Veronis, with whom the Journal of Geophysical Research he served as vice chairman of the Ken Brink studied, for his contributions in 1990, and since 1994 has been a Navy Committee in 1992, as chair of to geophysics and applied mathemat- member of the editorial board for the the Navy Committee in 1993-1994, ics. In 1992 Microbiologist Halger book series, The Sea. He received and as a member of the NRC's Jannasch of WHOI received the the American Meteorological Society's Committee on the Coastal Ocean award, and in 1994 it was presented to Editors' Award in 1985. from 1993 to 1994. He was elected a Geologist Ken Macdonald oftha A leader in the development of a Fellow of the American Association for University of California at Santa national program for interdisciplinary the Advancement of Science in 1995. Barbara, a graduate of the MIT/WHOI research in the coastal oceans, Ken The Cody Award was established Joint Graduate Program in Ocean- Brink served briefly in 1985 as a by Robert and aeHe Cody of Menlo ography and Oceanographic Engl- program manager in coastal sciences Park, California, in 1988 to recognize neering. at the U.S. Navy's OffICe of Naval outstanding scientific achievement in "The community of science we live Research before assuming roles in oceanography, marine biology, and in has a value system that puts heavy major national and international the earth sciences. The award, a emphasis on excellence and the research programs. He was a mem- bronze medal and cash prize, is quality of one's work," Ken said of tne ber of the organizing committee for the presented bi-annually "to an interna- award. MPart of being in that commu- Global OCean Ecosystems Dynamics tionally recognized individual whose nity means that you always wonder if (GLOBEC) program from 1987 to originality in his/her field has resulted what you are doing is good enough. 1988, and chairman of the steering in productive work in any of these Receiving an award like this is very committee for the Coastal Physical disciplines. The award is designed to gratifying because it lets you know Oceanography program from 1988 to generate public interest in these fields that maybe you are dOing the right 1990. From 1990 to 1993 Brink and inspire graduate students and thing after all. I am very honored and served as chair of the steering com- young scientists by recognizing grateful that Scripps has presented mittee for the Coastal ocean Pro- individuals whose careers have been the Cody Award to me." cesses (CoOP) program, and has dedicated to first-rate research." The Research Vessel Knorr Sets Another Record Research Vessel Knorr set another ASSociate Director for Marine Federal Per Diem Rates record earlier this year when it traveled Operations Dick Pittenger said the Available Online 10,833 nautical miles, from Durban to SCientists aboard indicated that had Cape Town, South Africa, on Leg XVI they done the same sUlVey with the Federal Per Diem Rates can of Voyage #145. The February 10 to older version of SEABEAM on Atlantis be accessed via the Internet with March 28 cruise is the longest single II it would have taken eight months. Netscape at: hllp:lldosfan.llb. leg (by miles) in Institution history. Atlantis If has one of the first genera ulc.edu. That location will bring The ship conducted a bottom tion SEABEAM systems and was one you to the Department of State mapping survey on the Southwest of the first vessels in the civilian fleet to Home Page on the World Wide Indian Ridge as far as 530 South under receive the older version. The new Web (WWW); the rates are the direction of Chief Scientist John Atlantis will be equipped with a third available under America'S Desk. If Madsen of the University of Delaware. generation SEABEAM system similar you use Mosaic or another WWW The 52- MAY/JUNE 1996 WHOI NEWSLETIER 7 - Assistant Scientist Kathy Ruttenberg (left) hosted new and cu"ent Members in her McLean Lab during an orientation tour May 16. Next to Ruttenberg (left to right) are Anne Sawyer, Joyce Moss, Lisina Hoch and Bob James. Roger Stokes (right) and new Member Paul Keeler discuss underwater imaging during the new Member ll. ScientifIC and Technical staff and their Trustee/Corporation Dudley Foster (feft) explains Alvin operations aboard Atlantis partners enjoyed the Clark 5 deck during lunch May 17. during the Member tour May 16. Scenes from the Spring Trustee/Corporation Meetings Photos by Tom Klelndlnst Senior Scientist Judy McDowell (left) chats with Trustee 8m Kealy and his wife Ellen at the Partnership Program lunch May 17. 8 WHO I NEWSLETTER MAY/JUNE 1996 • ASSOCiate Scientist John Toole (right) passes equipment to Trustee AI Zeien that he used on a recent South Atlantic cruise during a Friday afternoon science briefing. ,. Corporation Member Dodge Motgan (lem with Peter McCormick, Trustee and Corporation Treasurer in John Toole's lab. Enjoying the events are Honorary Trustees (left to right) Guy Nichols, Tom Wescott and Kent Swift. \I Honorary Member Anne Sa~er looks at some data in Kathy Ruttenberg's lab during the Member tour May 16. Julie Allen (standing) guides Corporation Members Sam Bemiss (top) and Tom Tierney through the Internet and WHO/'s Web sHe in the new Employee Training Facility in Clark Laboratory. MAY/JUNE 1996 WHOI NEWSLETTER 9 Retirement of Research Vessel A tiantis /I Marks the End of An Era July 23 Celebration Planned Co After a 33·year career and ~ counlless contributions to .\I ocean sciences, the 210-foot ReseaIch Vessel Atlantis If is I being retired from the Woods '" Hole Oceanographic J Institution's research fleet and ~ from the national academic .. research fleet. The ship, support vessel for the deep diving submersible Alvin since 1984, returned to Wocds Hole July 3 from its last science cruise. Atlantis f/'s Voyage #134 departed Woods Hole June 20 to Atlantis II in the BJack Sea in 1969. The ship has sailed over one million miles. conduct chemical stooies on the continental slope south of Cape Cod, AN Chain. Chief Engineer was wreck of the R.M.S. Tdank; in the Massachusetts., with 12 AMn dives Dwight Hamblet, and the crew North Atlantic Ocean, discovered in and other scientific activities planned. included Mike Palmieri as Third Mate, 1985 by another Institution vessel, RI Chief SCientist was Associate SCientist John Whebble as First Engineer, Ray V Knorr. with the new towed imaging Bill Martin of WHOI's Marine Chemistry Rioux as Second Engineer, John system Argo. Twelve Alvin dives and Geochemistry Department. Bizzozero as Third Assistant, Paul were made to the wreck to test the No other research vessel has Howland as Able Seaman, and Alden Institution's prototype remotely covered as much of the ocean as the Cook as Radio Officer. operated vehtcle Jason Jr. and other Atfantis If. During its career the ship The ship's contributions to the dee(:rsea imaging systems amidst sailed more than 1 million miles nation were to begin almost immedi worldwide publicity. (1,006,912) in every ocean on 468 ately. Atfantis I/'s second voyage, During its first twenty years of cruises and spent 8,115 days at sea intended to be a routine biology cruise operation, Atlantis II conducted conducting ocean research and in the Gulf of Maine with Nat CQfWin cruises in all disciplines as a general engineering projects. Atlantis If visited as Chief Scientist, departed Woods purpose global research vessel. The 112 ports in 78 nations and hosted Hole April 5, 1963 but was soon original steam propulsion system was thousands of visitors, from school interrupted with the news that the U.S. replaced by diesel in 1979 to reduce stlXienls and local residents to nuclear submarine Thresher had sunk operating costs and increase the SCientists and government officials at 220 miles east of Cape Cod in 8,000 range of ports in other nations. In all levels, including Vice President feet of water. The A-II was asked to 1983 the vessel underwent a mkHife Hubert Humphrey in 1967 and proceed to the scene to assist in the refit and was converted to support Japan's former Crown Prince and now search. The Ship collected the first sea-9Qing operations for the three EmperQ( Akihito in 1987. photographic evidence of the sub's person submersible AMn, which Atlantis I/'s first science cruise, to remains, receiving a commendation needed a more capable support Bermuda and back for geophysical from the Navy for its woO<. vessel. Much of the ship's work since research , departed Woods Hole There are many "firsts" and 1984 has focused on exploration of February 21, 1963, just three weeks notable events in the ship's career, the Mid-Ocean Ridge in the Atlantic after delivery from a Maryland ship starting in 1966 when Atfantis /I and PacifIC lor biofogicaf, geofogicaf yaId. Bottom dredges, bathymetry, became the first research vessel to and geochemical studies with Alvin, photography, reflection profiling, take a computer to sea. In October although Atlantis II also continued to plankton tows and hydrographic 1975 lhe ship departed Woods Hofe perform general oceanographic stations were taken on that first cruise. for what was to become the longest research. Chief Scientist was Geophysicist John voyage by miles of any Institution Atlantis If was built by the Mary· Reitzel and the scientific party in· vessel, a 573-<1ay trip over almost land SIlipbuilding and Orydock cluded Hartley Hoskins and Rudy 80,000 miles around the world with a Company in Baltimore, Maryland, Scheltema. First captain was return to Woods Hole on May 21, under a $5 million grant from the Emerson Hiller, previously master of 1977. In 1986 the vessel visited the Continued on next page 10 WHO I NEWSLETTER MAY/JUNE 1996 " A-II Retires cont. from page 10 Staff Honors and Awards National Science Foundation and Senior Scientist Tim Stanton of the Applied Ocean Physics and launched September 8, 1962. The ship Engineering Department has been elected a Fellow of the 7,OOO-member was christened by biologist Dr. Mary Sears Acoustical Society of America ''for significant advances in acoustic of WHOL Principal speaker at the launch scattering." ceremony was National Science Founda~ Information Systems Associate Maggie Rioux of the Library was tion Director Dr. Alan Waterman. Atlantis honored in April with the Distinguished Alumna Award from the Univer 1/ arrived in Woods Hole February 1, 1963 sity of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. from Baltimore and was officially tumed The award was presented "in appreciation and recognition of outstanding over to WHOI that clay. At the time it was professional commitment and distinguished achievements in the field of considered the first of the modern fleet of library and information science" at the school's 19th annual alumni oceanographic research vessels built to gathering. serve the United States academic re Property Administrator Lee Wells has completed all the requirements search community. to become a Certified Professional Property Administrator (CPPA). To Fondly called the A-II by Institution staff, become a CPPA requires passing tests in 14 categories of property the ship was named for the Institution's management, from acquisition through disposition, and having at least first research vessel. a 142~foot steel two years of experience in seven of the categories. Lee received a hulled ketch named Atlantis which sailed certificate and pin from the National Property Management Association from 1931 until it was retired in 1964 after earlier this year. a remarkable 33-year career. Atlantis was Scientist Emeritus Dave Ross of the Geology and Geophysics sold to the Government of Argentina in Department has become a columnist for the magazine Saltwater Fly 1966, rechristened EI Austral, and is still in Fishing and writes about marine science and fly fishing. Dave says he Imited service to oceanography. plans "to put a lot of research time into this cha11enging project". Ca11 him Atlantis II will depart Woods Hole for at ext. 2578 if you have any ideas or thoughts for future columns. His the last time on July 23 for a Louisiana first columns focused on understanding tides and tidal currents. shipyard, where the stern A-frame for SCientist Emeritus Frank Mather, considered "the father of cooperative submersible launch/recovery will be taken gamefish tagging" by many. was honored in March with the Ufetime off the Ship. With National Science Achievement Award from Florida's West Palm Beach Fishing Club and Foundation approval, the ship has been Palm Beach County Fishing Foundation. The award honors "an individual sold to a private U.S. firm which intends to woo has demonstrated exceptional commitment to sportflshing and use it for fisheries research in the Pacific conservation" and noted that "Frank Mather's vision and innovation in and Gulf of Alaska. gamefish research should be an inspiration to the scientific and An Institution celebration is planned sportflshing community. He played an instrumental role in the develop July 23, with current National Science ment of how migratory species of fish are managed." Foundation Director Neal Lane expected to participate in the festivities. Invitations with an RSVP have been sent to WHOI staff, graduate students, retirees, Trustees and Employee Capital Campaign Clambake Corporation Members, former officers and Set for July 20 on the WHOI Dock ship's crew to attend the celebration and farewell ceremony, which begins at noon Back by popular demand is the Employee Capital Cam on the WHOI dock. paign Committee'S Authentic New England Clam and Lobster Commemorative T-shirts and baseball Bake, which will be held July 20 on the Iselin Mall on the hats will be on sale. and a booklet high WHOldock. lighting the ship's career will be available Bakemasters Bruce Lancaster and Hovey Clifford and their to everyone at the celebration. Extra crew will prepare the bake beginning at 4 p.m. The meal copies will also be available from the News includes clams. mussels, corn on the cob, potatoes, linguica Office. Members of the Atlantis /I Celebra~ and sausage and will be served about 5 p.m. TICkets are $25 tion Planning Committee are: Dick each with lobster, or $18 each without lobster. Pittenger, Rick Chandler. Emie Charette, For reservations or more information call the Development Hovey Clifford, Joe Cobum, Vicky Cullen, Office at extension 4895 (508-289-4895 from outside WHOI). Bob Dinsmore, Ruth Goldsmith, Shelley Space is limited to 150 people. All proceeds benefit the Lauzon, Bill McKeon, Dorsey Milot, Patty Institution's Capital Campaign. Odams, Pat Remick, Jacquie Suitor, Bruce Warren and John Waterbury. MAYfJUNE 1996 WHOI NEWSLETTER 11 New Faces Rachel G. Adams Angeles Aguilera ~ Per Carl sson Brian D. Connolly Laurence Connor JP Student Bazan Guest Investigator Research Assistant III Postdoctoral Fellow MC&G Guest Investigator Biology AOP&E AOP&E Clark 439 Biology Redfield 3-24 Bigelow 1-11 Bigelow 411 ext. 2931 Redfield 3-32 ext. 4918 ext. 3439 ext. 3536 M. Conte ext. 2569 D. Caron W. Geyer G. Frisk O. Anderson Geoffrey K. Ekblaw Annette Frese Sonsales Gonzales Hillel Gordon Michael Gravois Welder Research Assistant II Guest Investigator Guest Investigator Research Assistant II Facilities AOP&E Biology MPC Biology Iselin Bigelow 109 Redfield 3-32 Crowell Redfield 2-12 ext. 3330 ext. 3308 ext. 2569 ext. 3376 ext. 3467 R. McCabe C. A. Butman D. Anderson A. Solow B. Howes Xicheng Hu Jeffrey King Jason Schwaber Andreas P. Teske Caixia Wang Postdoctoral Distribution Assistant Research Assistant II Postdoctoral Scholar JP Student Investigator Facilities MC&G Biology PO MC&G Quissett Warehouse Fye 136C Redfield 2-40 Clark 330 Fye 104 ext. 2349 ext. 3222 ext. 2307 ext. 3365 ext. 2740 J. Murphy O. Zafiriou H. Jannasch J. Price/PoRizzoli J. Moffett 12 WHO I NEWSLETTER MAY/JUNE 1996 WHOI Logo Merchandise Licensed to Local Firm; Photos Employees Receive Discount Unavailable The Institution has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with the Falmouth based Soft as a Grape (SAAG) clothing firm to produce a line of clothing based on the Institution logo, which is a registered trademark, and on other Institution visual and com Shannon A. Wagner puter-related images. The new line is called Woods Hole Wear - Images from the Woods Guest Investigator Hole Oceanographic Institution. Biology Clothing with the WHOllogo went on sale May 23 at the new Soft As A Grape slore at Redfield 3-32 97 Water Street in Woods Hole, next to the Institution's Co-op building. Later this summer ext. 2921 items with other WHOI images will start appearing in the store, and will eventually be sold D. Anderson in the SAAG Main Street, Falmouth, stores. WHOI will receive royalties from all sales of WHOI-related merchandise. WHOI em ployees can purchase the WHOI items and other SAAG clothing at a 35 percent discount by showing a valid WHOI identification card. The purchaser must be the ID card holder, and the discount is valid only at the SAAG Woods Hole store. The WHOllogo items, with Robert Waters few exceptions, differ from those sold at the Institution's Exhibit Center, where employees Engineering Assistant It also receive a discount. DSV AlviniALOPS If all goes well, SAAG plans to market these items nationally through catalog sales to Blake 119 museums and science centers, gift shops. at gift shows, and in the firm's own stores. ext. 2642 SAAG currently has 14 stores, five of them in Florida and the rest on Cape Cod, and has D. Foster sales representatives around the nation. A WHOI team is working with SAAG on designs, packaging and other details and will review all items prior to sale. Team members are Shelley Lauzon (chair), Vicky Cullen, Nancy Hossfeld, H~lene Longyear, Dorsey Milot and Paul Clemente. Royalty income will go into the Institution's unrestricted funds to support research and education programs. Promotions Julie M. Allen (CIS) Charles Olsen (Facilities) to Information Systems Specialist 2/21/96 to Senior Plant Mechanic 5/12/96 Shirley J. Barkley (AOP&E) Delia W. Oppo (G&G) to Staff Assistant III 3/4196 to Associate Scientist wlo Tenure 3/4196 Ken O. Buesseler (MC&G) Alora Paul (Ubrary) to Associate Scientist wffenure 3/1/96 to Information Systems Assistant III 4/28/96 Jeffrey Clemishaw (Facilities) Jeanne Peterson (Directorate) to Carpenter 5/12/96 to Staff Assistant II 4/28196 Terence Donoghue (AOP&E) Lisa Raymond (Ubrary) to Senior Research Assistant 15/1/96 to Information Systems Assistant 1114/28196 Annda Flynn (CIS) Dajun Tang (AOP&E) to Center Administrator 4/24/96 to Associate Scientist wlo Tenure 5/16/96 Susan Handwork (G&G) Deborah Taylor (PO) to Center Administrator 3/11196 to StaH Assistant 1114/15/96 Matthew C. Heintz (ALOPS) Kevin Thompson (Facilities) to Mechanical Shop Section Head 3/11/96 to Senior Plant Mechanic 5/12/96 Mark Kurz (MC&G) Robert WheatcroH (AOP&E) to Senior Scientist 5/16/96 to Associate Scientist wlo Tenure 5/16/96 Lauren Mullineaux (BIOLOGY) to Associate Scientist wfT enure 4/12/96 MAY/JUNE 1996 WHOI NEWSLETTER 13 Trustee/Corp. Members continued from page 3 Smithsonian Institution and vice commodore of the New York Yacht Club. A graduate of Colgate University, he Joel P. Davis of Brooksville, ME, President and received his M.B.A. from Columbia University and Treasurer of Seapuit, Inc.; resides in Greenwich, CT. Thomas J. Devine of New York City, a management Paul J. Keeler, Jr., a Principal of Morgan Stanley & and financial consu"ant; Company, Inc., and former President, CEO and Vice Joseph Z. Duke III of Hebe SOund, Fl, President and Chairman of Tianchi Telecommunications Corp. A DeSign Director of Arc International, Inc.; and graduate of Columbia University, he was a consultant to Cecil B. Thompson of McLean, VA, Chairman and major securities firms in the areas of technology, market Chief Executive OffIcer of CYGNUS Corporation and Co ing and joint venture development. He has served as Chairman of Amer/Asian Communications Corporation. President of Westinghouse Communications Software, New Honorary Trustees are: Inc., as Director of MCI Communications Corp., and as Karen G. Lloyd of South Dartmouth, MA, Founder, President and CEO of Halcyon Securities Corp. He Vice President and Director of The lloyd Center for resides in Greenwich, CT. Environmental Studies; Charles R. laMantia, President and CEO of Arthur D. Frank Press of Washington, DC, and Falmouth, Cecil Little, Inc. He received his B.A., M.S. and Sc.D. degrees and Ida Green Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Institution from Columbia University and attended Harvard Business of Washington and former President of the National School. Prior to his current position he was Vice Presi Academy of SCiences; dent of Chemical, Metals and Energy Industries at Arthur Robert M. Solow of Boston, Institute Professor at MIT D. little, Inc., and served as President of Koch Process and Nobel Laureate in Economic Science; Systems, Inc. He is a member of the Board of Directors E. Kent Swift of Woods Hole, President and Trea of State Street Boston Corporation, Conference Board, surer of Harborside Marine & Sports; and Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and the Massachu F. Thomas Westcott of Attleboro. MA. Chairman of the setts Governor's Council on Economic Growth and Board and Treasurer of Westcott Construction company. Technology. He resides in Lexington, MA. The twelve new Members of the Corporation elected A. Lee loomis, III, General Partner of Downtown to three-year terms in the Class of 1999 are: Associates in New York City and Chairman of the Board of Lawson W. Brigham. USCG (Ret). former Command Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey. ing OffIcer of the U.S. coast Guard (USCG) polar ice He is a trustee of lenox Hill Hospital, New York City breaker Polar Sea, and former Chief Strategic Planner at Housing Fund, Mystic Seaport Museum, and The Millbrook USCG headquarters. He was a Research FellO'N in the SChool; a director of Alliance Capital Reserves, Inc., and Marine Policy Center and a science faculty member at the commodore of the New York Yacht Club. He is a graduate Coast Guard Academy, where he received his under of Harvard College and resides in New York City. graduate degree. He earned his master's degree at Gratia R. Montgomery, an advocate of environmental Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a graduate of the preservation for many years. She organized the purchase Naval War College. He resides in Seabrook, MO. of the Colonel E.H.R. Green estate in Dartmouth, MA, Richard M. Burnes. Jr., Founder and General through the Round Hili Associates of Boston and is the Partner of Charles River Ventures in Boston and former Founder and Primary Facilitator of the Tia-Ping Founda Vice President at Federal Street Capital Corp. He is a tion. Shortly after meeting WHOI scientist George Grice director of Abacus Direct Corporation, Cascade Commu in 1970 aboard a cruise to Antarctica, she established the nications, CeliCall, Inc., Concord Communications, Inc. Tia-Ping Predoctoral Fellowship in Marine Biology at and Seragen, Inc. A graduate of Boston University and WHOI. She resides in South Dartmouth, MA. Harvard College, he Is a resident of Boston. Joel Moses, Provost of MIT, was a former Dean of Llslna M. Hoch, an honorary life trustee of The ASia MIT's School of Engineering and head of the Department Society. She is also a Fellow of the Explorers Club and a of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He member of the National Council. World WildiHe Fund. She received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Colum received degrees from schools in Zurich. Switzerland. and bia University and his Ph.D. from MIT, where he still holds resides In Irvington, NY, and Vineyard Haven, MA. the position of professor. A member of the National Robert L James, Chairman Emeritus of McCann Academy of Engineering, he resides in Weston, MA. Erickson Worldwide. He was the company's Chairman Joyce L. Moss, President of Turner Moss Company and Chief Executive OffIcer (CEO) and a former Vice and a former Vice PreSident of Private Banking at President of Ogilvy & Mather and Product Manager at Citicorp. She previously was Director of Special Financial Colgate Palmolive. He is a trustee of South Street Projects at Pan American Airways and worked in the Seaport Museum, Op5ail and the National Academy of Finance Department at TransWorld Airways. She is a Sciences President's Circle, and is a director of the Continued on next page 14 WHOI NEWSLETIER MAY/JUNE 1996 Trustee/Corp. Members Hoover Institution, and is active in of the University of Massachusetts at continued from page 14 the Young President's Organization Amherst; and the Conference Board. He R. Philip Hanes, Jr. of Winston~ trustee of the Wildlife Conservation resides in Wellesley, MA. Salem, NC, President of River Ridge Society and Wildlife Preservation A. Robert Towbln, Managing Cattle Company and former CEO of Trust International and is a board Director of Unterberg HarriS, previ- Hanes Companies, Inc.; member of North Haven Develop- ously served as President and CEO Phyllis F. McKee of Greenwich, CT, ment Committee and 10 Gracie of the RUSSian-American Enterprise Founder and Owner of KeyHole Bou~ Square Corporation. She received Fund and as a Managing Director of tique and former advisor to Liberty her B.S. degree in economics at the Lehman Bros. He is a director of Mutual Insurance Companies; Wharton School, University of Bradley Real Estate, Inc.; Columbus Willis B. Reals of Falmouth, former Pennsylvania and resides in New New Millennium Fund in London; Chairman and CEO of Texaco Chemi York City. Gerber Scientific, Inc. and Globalstar cal Co.; Thomas J. Tierney, Worldwide Telecommunications. A graduate of Sidney J. Weinberg of Marion, MA, a Managing Director of Bain & Com- Dartmouth College, he is a resident Limited Partner of The Goldman Sachs pany, Inc. He received his B.A. of New Yarn City. Group and previously Vice President of degree from the University of Califor- Twenty-four Members were re- the Textile DMsion of Owens-Coming nia at Davis and his M.B.A. degree elected to the Corporation, and six Fiberglass Corporation; and from Harvard University. He is a were made Honorary Members. F. Thomas Westcott of Attleboro, director of the California Nature New Honorary Members are: MA, Chairman of the Board and Trea Conservancy, Harvard Business Randolph W. Bromery of surer of Westcott Construction Com School Alumni ASSociation, United Amherst, MA, President of Spring- pany. Way of Massachusetts Bay. and the field College and former Ghancellor Adams, Smith Chairs continued from page 2------Hope Noyes Smith. active supporters OCeanography Department from as well as those who supported the of the Institution since 1986, were 1985 to 1990, and served as Director new Senior Technical Staff awards. "I also present for the presentation of of the Coastal Research Center from couldn't stand here in front of you the Smith chair. 1992 to 1995. He has also served as today without the support of some of Director Bob Gagosian, in intro a lecturer at MIT from 1975 to 1977 the key technical staff people we have ducing Bob Beardsley, said that he and as an adjunct professor of at this Institution. I might have a good had "almost singlehandedly" estatr oceanography at the University of idea about making measurements lished the Institution as a world Rhode Island from 1982 to 1987. somewhere, but unless I can go and leader in coastal physk:al oceanogra "I'm still in a state of shock. It is a get technical help to do it it wouldn't phy, noting that he set the standard great privilege and a great hooor; Bob happen," he said. "A few years ago I and tone for the entire field. "So Beardsley told the Trustees and needed to make some meteorological much so, that a colleague wrote of CorporatIon Members. "Uke Peter, I measurements that had never been Bob that he 'is the intellectual and feel gratitude toward the people who made on the coastal ocean before, spiritual leader of coastal oceanogra oominated me, to the whole process, related to heat distribution and how it phy in the UnHed States (and prob and to the Institution. I don't know how causes stratification. I was able to ably the world) today: " many of you have experienced woridng tum to people here and get technical Robert Beardsley is a graduate of in a place where you really like to go, help to be able to do that. I appreciate the Massachusetts Institute of where roost of the people you work with very much the positive attitude here at Technology (MIT), where he received are friends - you may not love all of WHOI and the support that we can all a B.S. degree in nuclear physics in them. but they are all there to help you give to each other." 1964 and a Ph.D. in physical ocean where the spirit of interaction is so The Institution now has eight ography in 1968. An appointment as great I visit other institutions a lot and I endowed senior scientist chairs: the an assistant professor of oceanogra always welcome, when I come back. Henry Bryant Bigelow Chair, the W. phy at MIT followed in 1968. and he how nice it is to greet friends in the hall, Van Alan Clark Sr. and W. Van Alan was promoted to associate professor who I can then sit down and really talk Clark Jr. Chairs, the COlumbus in 1972, a position he held until 1975. about my science with, who I know O'Donnell Iselin Chair, the Stanley W. Beardsley joined the WHOI staff in personally. This has become vSf'j Watson Chair, the Adams Chair, the 1975 as an asSOCiate scientist and much a family to me." Walter A. and Hope Noyes Smith was promoted to senior scientist in Bob Beardsley thanked those who Chair. and the Henry and Grace 1981. He was Chair of the Physical supported the senior scientists chairs Doherty Oceanographer. MAY/JUNE 1996 WHOI NEWSLETTER 15 Ship Notes ATLANTIS II/ALVIN c; RN Atlantis 1/ and DSV Alvin departed Woods ...: Hole June 5 for biological and ecological studies at E Deep Water Dumpsite 106 off the New York/New .s Jersey coast, returning to Woods Hole June 17. l The ship departed June 20 on Voyage #134. its last science mission before retirement, to conduct chemical studies to determine benthic fluxes and pore water concentrations of carbon and related solutes of sediments on the continental margin. Twelve Alvin dives were made to collect bottom water. deploy benthic flux chambers and to core the sediments south of Woods Hole. Atlantis II returned to Woods Hole July 3. Alvin was off-loaded July 9 to begin a scheduled over RIV Knorr anchored off Tristan cia Cunha in the South Atlantic for haul in the Iselin high bay. A-If will remain at the an afternoon in April, giving students from the local school a tour of dock until it sails for the last time from WHOI July the ship. Master A.D Colburn said the 427 islanders were happy to 23 following an Institution celebration of its 33-year see the ship, one of few visitors to the volcanic island each year, career (see article page 10). and noted that mail is delivered only twice a year! The ship donated KNORR cop;es of 'Water Baby: The Story of Alvin" by Victoria Kaharl and AN Knorr arrived at Bridgetown, Barbados, "Volcano Weather" by Henry Stommel to the island's library. June 20 and departed June 27 on Leg XIX of Voyage #145. Scientists are investigating the i relations between volcanic, tectonic and hydro- i thermal activity on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a Q.:. segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge influenced by j the Azores Hotspot known as Lucky Strike. The cr remotely operated Medea/Jason imaging system, S the Argo II opticaVacoustical survey system, and ~ the DSL- 120 side scan sonar system are being it used to map the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent fK!1d and other vents in the area and to obtain detailed geological data about the ridge segment, discovered in 1993 during Alvin dives. Knorr is scheduled to return to Woods Hole August 8 after spending most of the past two years working in the Indian Ocean for the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). The vessel will undergo scheduled maintenance before departing for physical oceanographic studies in the North Atlantic in October. Knorr Chief Engineer Dave Hayden (right) and Kevin Fisk visited OCEANUS Cape of Good Hope, ihe south-western most point of the African AN Oceanus deparledWoods Hole June 22 continent," during Knorr 's porl call at Cape Town, South Africa, on Voyage #280, the third in a series of cruises March 2B-April 3. supporting the Ocean Margins Program of the Department of Energy. Twenty-one moorings were redeployed from the large instrumented mooring array deployed on Voyage #277 on the departed July 8 for the first of five cruises in 1996 supporting the continental shelf near Cape Hatteras and the Coastal Mixing and Optics Experiment south of Nantucket. The Virginia Capes, and one BASS tripod was recov ship will retum to Woods Hole July 13 and will spend the ered and redeployed. summer working out of Woods Hole on cruises in various OCeanus returned to Woods Hole June 30 and disciplines ranging from two days to two weeks. 16 WHOI NEWSLETIER MAY/JUNE 1996