Roger Randall Dougan Revelle was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego and was one of the first scientists to study global warming and the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. The six-foot-four Revelle was often referred to as a "scientific giant," both literally and figuratively. UC San Diego's first college was named Roger Revelle College in his honor. Wikipedia
Born in Seattle, Washington, on March 7, 1909, Revelle was raised in Pasadena, California, and was identified as a gifted student early in his academic career. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Giants/Revelle/
Revelle College, the first of the University of California, San Diego’s six undergraduate colleges to be established, will kick-off a yearlong 40th anniversary celebration with a university-wide ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/general/40thRevelle.asp
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research, graduate training, and public service in the world. Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography encompasses physical, chemica scripps.ucsd.edu/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Roger Revelle. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Revelle
Dr. Roger Revelle was a giant of a man, both in his 6 foot 4 inch stature and in his impact on San Diego, for it was he who was the father of the UCSD general campus here. www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/revelle/revelle.htm
