Robert Ballard

Robert Ballard

male, 67 years old
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni, University of Hawaii alumni, Hubbard Medal recipient, Maritime archaeology, titanic, German battleship Bismarck…WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution
Robert Duane Ballard, Ph.D, (born June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas) is an oceanographer most noted for his work in underwater archaeology. He is...
Henry Stommel

Henry Stommel

male
Harvard University, National Medal of Science, physical oceanography, western intensification, Henry Melson Stommel, ocean circulation…WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution
Henry Melson Stommel (September 27, 1920 - January 17, 1992) was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography. Beginning in the 1940s,...
Mary Sears

Mary Sears

female, deceased (1997)
Women in the United States Navy, Radcliffe College alumni, WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution, Oceanographer, United States Navy, Women in the United States military
Mary Sears (18 July 1905 - 1997) was a Commander in the United States Navy and a leading oceanographer. Throughout her career, she was associated...
Henry Bryant Bigelow

Henry Bryant Bigelow

male, deceased (1967)
WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution, elasmobranch, coelenterate, Henry B. Bigelow, American, Alexander Agassiz
Henry B. Bigelow was a pioneering oceanographer and marine biologist. After graduating from Harvard in 1901, he began working with famed...

John Hunt

male, deceased (2005)
Geologist, Geochemist, geochemistry, petroleum, Oceanographer, Chemist…WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution
John M. Hunt was a geologist, chemist, and oceanographer. He worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution beginning in 1968. His specialty...
Peter Clift

Peter Clift

male
Texas A&M University, Ocean Drilling Program, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, climatologist, Ganges River, Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford…WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution
Peter Clift is a marine geologist specializing in the geology of Asia and the western Pacific. He is currently Kilgour Professor of Geology at the...
Marie Tharp

Marie Tharp

female, deceased (2006)
Columbia University, Cartographer, Geologist, continental drift, Plate tectonics, cartography…WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution, Oceanographic
Marie Tharp (July 30, 1920 - August 23, 2006) was a geologist and oceanographic cartographer who, along with her colleague Bruce Heezen,...

Jay M. Cohen

male
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ocean engineering, naval architecture, WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution, Marine Engineering, Rear Admiral
Jay M. Cohen is a retired Rear Admiral of the United States Navy and currently Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology of...
Robert Kunzig

Robert Kunzig

male
Science writer, discover magazine, Scientific journalist, ocean, WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution, discover
Robert Kunzig is a scientific journalist specializing in the topic of oceans. He works at the European division of "Discover" magazine. His...
J. Lamar Worzel

J. Lamar Worzel

male, 90 years old
American, vema, Geophysicist, geophysics, Columbia University, underwater photography…WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution
J. Lamar Worzel (born 1919), American geophysicist, is a graduate of Lehigh University where he met Dr. Maurice Ewing with whom he had a forty-year...