Fifty Years of Ocean Discovery

National Academy of Sciences

Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, October 28, 1998

8:30 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks-NAS Auditorium

Dr. William Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering

Dr. John Steele, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Chair of Organizing Committee

8:45 a.m.

Keynote Lecture: The Emergence of the National Science Foundation as a Supporter of Ocean Sciences in the United States

Dr. John Knauss, University of Rhode Island/Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Brink, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Chair, Ocean Studies Board

9:30 a.m.

Achievements in Biological Oceanography

Dr. Richard Barber, Duke University

10:30 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m.

Achievements in Chemical Oceanography

Dr. John Farrington, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Achievements in Physical Oceanography

Dr. Walter Munk, Scripps Institution of Oceanography