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50 Years of Ocean Discovery: National Science Foundation 1950-2000 (2000)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
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. "Appendix D: NSF Division of Ocean Sciences: Senior Science Staff, Rotators, IPAs, and Visiting Sciences." 50 Years of Ocean Discovery: National Science Foundation 1950-2000. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.

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50 Years of Ocean Discovery: National Science Foundation 1950—2000

Name

Year(s)

Title

Section/Division

John R. Twiss, Jr.

1971-1973

Special Assistant

IDOE

Robert E. Wall

1971-1974

Program Director

Submarine Geology & Geophysics Program

1975-1981

Section Head

Oceanography Section

1982-1986

Section Head

OSRS

Richard W. West

1982-1998

Program Manager for Oceanographic Facilities Program

OOFS/OCFS

Robert D. Wildman

1967-1970

Program Director (Rotator)

Office of Sea Grant Programs

Peter E. Wilkniss

1976-1980

Project Officer

Ocean Sediment Coring Program

1981

Acting Division Director

Division of Ocean Drilling Programs

Richard B. Williams

1973-1980

Program Director

Biological Oceanography Program

C. Don Woodward

1964

Head (Rotator)

Mohole Project Office

Marsh Youngbluth

1995-1997

Associate Program Director (IPA)

Ocean Sciences Research Section/Biological Oceanography Program

Herman B. Zimmerman

1979-1980

Associate Program Director (IPA)

Submarine Geology & Geophysics

1984

Program Associate for Science Coordination (IPA)

ODP

AAEO-Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences

ODP-Ocean Drilling Program

IDOE-International Decade of Ocean Exploration

OOFS-Office for Oceanographic Facilities and Support

IPA-Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement

OSOD-Office of Scientific Ocean Drilling

OCE-NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

OSRS-Ocean Sciences Research Section

OCFS-Oceanographic Facilities and Centers

OTIC-Oceanographic Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination

The names, dates, and position of the individuals who worked in the Division of Ocean Sciences and its precursors in many cases are approximate. Much of the information was compiled from a set of telephone books from 1957-1986 and the memory of those long-time employees of NSF still in residence. Please accept our apologies for any omissions or incorrect information.

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Front Matter (R1-R6)
Keynote Lecture The Emergence of the National Science Foundation as a Supporter of Ocean Sciences in the United States (1-8)
Landmark Achievements of Ocean Sciences Achievements in Biological Oceanography (9-21)
Achievements in Chemical Oceanography (22-43)
Achievements in Physical Oceanography (44-50)
Achievements in Marine Geology and Geophysics (51-64)
Deep Submergence: The Beginnings of Alvin as a Tool of Basic Research (65-66)
The History of Woods Hole's Deep Submergence Program (67-84)
Creating Institutions to Make Scientific Discoveries Possible A Chronology of the Early Development of Ocean Sciences at NSF (85-92)
Ocean Sciences at the National Sciences Foundation: Early Revolution (93-95)
Ocean Sciences at the National Sciences Foundation: An Administrative History (96-106)
Two Years of Turbulence Leading to a Quarter Century of Cooperation: The Birth of UNOLS (107-116)
Scientific Ocean Drilling, from AMSOC to COMPOST (117-127)
Technology Development for Ocean Sciences at NSF (128-134)
Large and Small Science Programs: A Delicate Balance The Great Importance of “Small” Science Programs (135-140)
The Role of NSF in “Big” Ocean Science: 1950 to 1980 (141-148)
Major Physical Oceanography Programs at NSF: IDOE Through Global Change (149-151)
Major International Programs in Ocean Sciences: Ocean Chemistry (152-162)
Ocean Sciences Today and Tomorrow The Future of Physical Oceanography (163-168)
The Future of Ocean Chemistry in the United States (169-171)
The Future of Marine Geology and Geophysics: A Summary (172-183)
Out Far and In Deep: Shifting Perspectives in Ocean Ecology (184-191)
Global Ocean Science: Toward an Integrated Approach (192-194)
Education in Oceanography: History, Purpose, and Prognosis (195-200)
Evolving Institutional Arrangements for U.S. Ocean Sciences (201-206)
NSF's Commitment to the Deep (207-209)
Fifty Years of Ocean Discovery (210-211)
Argo to ARGO (212-213)
The Importance of Ocean Sciences to Society (214-216)
Appendix A: Symposium Program (217-222)
Appendix B: Symposium Participants (223-232)
Appendix C: Poster Session (233-234)
Appendix D: NSF Division of Ocean Sciences: Senior Science Staff, Rotators, IPAs, and Visiting Sciences (235-246)
Appendix E: Support of Ocean Sciences at NSF from 1966 to 1999 (247-249)
Appendix F: Organizational Charts (250-257)
Appendix G: NRC Project Oversight (258-258)
Appendix H: Acronyms (259-262)
Index (263-270)
Supplementary Pictures (271-278)