That program has grown dramatically since it was established in 1968, though not as rapidly as the original legislation had envisioned. Now let's turn to the National Sea Grant Program. And that is, that it is the third step, and the key step, toward an ultimate objective of ours to become a Sea Grant college. Which marks our programs advanced institutional grant status. But I want to take special notice at this convocation You'll find an overview of our present program in the program which you have in your hand, and I will not take time to repeat the information printed there. I would like to use this opportunity today to express my sincere appreciation to everyone who contributed to this successful growth and evolution of our program. We have made this progress because we had an enthusiastic participation from many faculty members and students, we had generous support and encouragement from the MIT administration, and we had a small but exceptionally effective MIT Sea Grant Program Office, which is led by Mr. We have gathered momentum, strength, and stature in each project year. We have broadened interests and the participation at the Institute. We have moved forward rapidly since that time. It was only after careful consideration that MIT decided to commit itself to a formal, Institute wide Sea Grant program.Īnd then we applied for, and received, our first coherent area project in 1970. In retrospect, we have proceeded deliberately into this new program here at MIT. I, personally, have looked forward to the time when we could have this convocation, and I've been looking forward to this date since 1968 when MIT received the Sea Grant project, grant GH1, the first Sea Grant project made, grant made by the, then newly established, National Sea Grant program. This day, today, to me, is certainly a proud and a very happy one. I'm Alfred Kyle, director of the MIT Sea Grant program, and the Dean of Engineering. And first, I would like to welcome all of you to this MIT Sea Grant Convocation, and to our first annual Sea Grant lecture. Any reuse without express permission from the copyright owner is prohibited.KYLE: Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to call this meeting to order. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0Įxcept where otherwise noted, images are subject to copyright. (3) By watching the pennies, we build the resources needed to serve in the future.” Spilhaus added that he “had the best job in the world from 1967 to 2009.”ĭonations in Spilhaus’s memory may be made to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass. AGU welcomes members of the scientific community worldwide. In response to the citation, Spilhaus wrote, “The principles Waldo lived by, and which I tried to emulate, were (1) our scientific mission always comes first and (2) the members are AGU. Fred also bequeathed to AGU long-term financial stability.” That AGU is held in such high regard stems mainly from Fred’s insistence that the Union be inclusive of all Earth and space scientists and that scientific quality and integrity hold the highest priority. The citation for the medal noted in part, “For most of the past 40 years, Fred Spilhaus led AGU with dedication, creativity, and leadership, making AGU a model union and a strong integrating force and professional home for Earth and space scientists across the globe. Smith Medal for “extraordinary service to geophysics.” In 2010, after his retirement, Spilhaus received the Waldo E. In 1996, Spilhaus was elected as an AGU Honorary Fellow in recognition of his lifetime of achievement on behalf of AGU he is one of just a few people to have ever received that recognition. Spilhaus said that he “had the best job in the world from 1967 to 2009.” in physical oceanography in 1965 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At the time, Spilhaus was only a few years out of graduate school, having received his Ph.D. Spilhaus, who also served as editor in chief of Eos, joined AGU in 1967 as assistant executive director under the organization’s first executive director, Waldo E. In addition, he collaborated with other scientific societies worldwide. Spilhaus oversaw new publications such as Geophysical Research Letters, which was launched in 1974 the addition of new discipline sections the 1975 initiation of small, single-topic meetings called Chapman Conferences establishment of a fully electronic publication system and tremendous growth of the annual AGU Fall Meeting, which in recent years has typically drawn more than 20,000 attendees.
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