August 17 - 24, 2001 vol. 38. No. 33

In Memoriam

Dr. Robert E. Stevenson, 80, of Princeville, Kauai, died in Hawaii on Aug. 12, of cancer. He was a retired oceanographer and had served as director of the branch Office of Naval Research at Scripps from 1970 to 1988. His career awards included the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the Navy for his work with ONR. Bob was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps, a B-17 navigator who flew 29 missions in the European theatre, including the first over Germany and two on D-Day. During the Korean War, he worked on classified photo reconnaissance as a squadron commander, an omen of his later interest in viewing the earth from space. He received a Ph.D. degree in oceanography from USC in 1954. Working with NASA from the Gemini days of the 1960s to the present time, Stevenson served as an oceanographer-consultant to many astronauts. Dr. Paul Scully-Power, the Australian oceanographer, became the first oceanographer in space when in 1984 Bob Stevenson had to relinquish this assignment in order to care for his ailing wife. Scully-Power has written "Bob Stevenson was the Father of Space Oceanography. He instructed each and every one of them [the astronauts] in the greatest of all endeavors: looking at Mother Earth and understanding what they saw, and recording that which was new. In this sense, he is singularly responsible for one of the greatest treasure troves of knowledge that we have today of the Earth." At the time of his death, Bob was writing an instructional CD on space oceanography for astronauts jointly with Dr. Scully-Power. In 1987 Bob was appointed Secretary General of the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO). During 8 years in this position, he brought oceanographers from around the world together in two major IAPSO assemblies (Vienna,1991; Honolulu,1995) and other smaller meetings. We who were responsible for IAPSO program planning during this period know that the lion's share of credit for the success of these meetings belongs to Bob. Bob is survived by his wife, Jeani Stevenson of Princeville, and two sons, Robert K. Stevenson of Fullerton, Calif., and Michael G. Stevenson and his wife, Mary, of Alexandria, Va.; a granddaughter, Caprice; and numerous cousins. A memorial service will be held in Hawaii on Saturday, Aug. 18. SIO Communications has a home address for Jeani Stevenson for those who would like to write. (Bob Knox, x44729; Joris Gieskes, x44257)

Calendar

Saturday, August 18

BLAST AT THE BEACH --- 12 noon - 6 PM --- FUN IN THE SUN! Bring the gang to our fabomundo Beach Picnic! Very neat marine life key chains FREE to ya all! Great live music played by "Spaceman Spiff" !!! Yummy eats provided! Volleyball! Fun face painting & balloon making clowns, along with a super magic show! Put the flyer parking permit on your dash and BRING the flyer to get a hand stamp at the gate. Come to the ramp by CCS.......enjoy the party on the beach north of the SIO Pier! It's a great day! See you then!!!!!!

Monday, August 20

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION DEFENSE - Maria Elena Perez will defend her doctoral dissertation entitled "Quaternary productivity records from the eastern equatorial Atlantic and Benguela Upwelling System" in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 1 p.m. The public is invited.
(Tim Ryan,tjryan@ucsd.edu)

Thursday, August 23

SPECIAL FREE PUBLIC LECTURE - Prominent scientist Dr. Giday WoldeGabriel, lead geologist of the team that recently made international headlines with the discovery of fossils nearly 6 million years old, thought to be the remains of the oldest human ancestor yet discovered, will give a free public lecture, "Africa Holds the Secrets of Our Past: A Geological Perspective," at 7 p.m. in Sumner Auditorium. Z
(SIO Communications, x43624)

Notices

CONGRATS, DR. WINTERER! Jerry Winterer has been elected a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Italy (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei) in the class of Physical, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (Category IV - Geology, Paleontology, Mineralogy and Applied Geology). Jerry joins two other Scripps academics, Freeman Gilbert and Paul Crutzen, as a member of this prestigious institution.

WE CAME IN SECOND! Congratulations to the Scripps volleyball team that played in the 19th annual Staff Association VolleyballTournament last Friday. The Scripps team came in second and included staff, students, post docs, and faculty. Way to go!
(Scripps Communications)

DR. SEUSS STAMP - Wouldn't you like to see a commemorative U.S. Stamp of Dr. Seuss? Audrey Geisel, widow of Ted Geisel, would like your help in honoring her late husband. March 2, 2004, marks the 100th anniversary of Dr. Seuss's birth and is a fitting time to salute this great writer and artist. Ted Geisel should to be recognized for his extraordinary gifts to millions of readers by the U.S. Postal Service selecting him for a stamp. Please send a note expressing your endorsement with a letter of support to: Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, c/o Stamp Services, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 5670, Washington, D.C. 20260-2437. Audrey Geisel has been most generous and supportive of UCSD....now it's our turn to support her in this endeavor.
(Jill Ives, x43848)

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE ON THE WEB - Want to know who's who in the Director's Office? Interested in checking out one of Dr. Kennel's presentations? Take a look at our new site:
http://www.sioworld.ucsd.edu/aboutdo/index.html. If you have any comments, please send them to Wendy Hunter (whunter@ucsd.edu)

Ship News

DRIFT Leg 3 Report, 15 August 2001- Keir Becker, ch. sci., U. of Miami - RSMAS- As reported last week, primary objectives of DRIFT Leg 3 are to emplace multi-year subseafloor hydrogeological experiments in two holes drilled by DSDP and ODP on the southern flank of the Costa Rica Rift. These are similar in concept to "CORK" observatories deployed since 1991 from the ODP drillship, but are installed by the MPL Control Vehicle and hence are sometimes termed "wireline CORKs". The CORK team from University of Miami - RSMAS and Geological Survey of Canada are collaborating with an MPL team led by Fred Spiess. The two holes selected for these initial wireline CORK installations are located in an area of active off-axis hydrothermal circulation in young oceanic crust beneath a relatively thick and impermeable sediment cover. Last week's report described results at the first site, ODP Hole 896A. Since then, we have succeeded in installing a fully functional wireline CORK observatory in the deepest hole ever drilled beneath the deep sea floor, the famous DSDP Hole 504B. This installation marks an important milestone - the first successful installation of an inflatable packer in a deep sea borehole from a conventional oceanographic ship. Kudos are due to the entire MPL wireline reentry team for this remarkable effort. Since the
successful installation in Hole 504B, we have spent two days measuring detailed profiles of surface heat flow in the area along previously collected seismic profiles. The aim is to refine our understanding of sediment-buried basement topography in controlling subseafloor hydrothermal circulation. Throughout the leg, the Scripps shipboard techs and Revelle crew led by Capt. Desjardins have provided outstanding support for our effort, along with great patience and good humor.

CRUISE MAP INDEX/AREA/ CH SCI/INSTITUTION/ PORTS DAYS/AGENCY/
DATES PURPOSE/ PROPOSAL NO./ STATUS/CLEAR

R/V Roger Revelle
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/Revelle/Revelle.html
21,22
23 AUG SP3A/transit/ Kurz, M./WHOI/ Pto. Calder 6/NSF/F
26 AUG personnel transfer OCE00-02461 Pto. Ayora Ecuador

26 AUG NP13/Galapagos Kurz M./WHOI/ Pto. Ayora 25/NSF/F
21 SEP Hotspot/towed camera OCE00-02461 Pto. Ayora Ecuador
21 SEP NP9/Transit/ Kurz, M./WHOI/ Pto. Ayora 06/NSF/F
24 SEP OCE00-02461 Pto. Calder
25,26

R/V Melville
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/Melville/melville.html
19
20 AUG IN5/Papua New Guinea/ Silver, E./UCSC/ Lae 37/NSF/F
24 SEP ROV Jason & DSL 120 OCE99-07153 Lae Papua New
Guinea
25 SEP IN5/from Lae to Suva/ transit/n.a./ Lae 9/NSF/F
02 OCT transit/plankton colle n.a. Suva PNG, Fiji,
3 Solomons,
Vanuatu
WHOI offloading

R/V New Horizon
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/NewHorizon/newhor.html
15 AUG NP9/38 N 122 W to 38M Bishop, J./LBL/ San Diego 14/NSF/F
28 AUG 1/Autonomous Profilers NOPP- San Diego

R/V Robert Gordon Sproul
http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/RobertSproul/sproul.html
21 AUG NP9/Off San Diego/ Hildebrand, J./SIO San Diego 9/NAVY/F
30 AUG Marine Mammal Monitor /N00014-00-1-0572 San Diego

David Starr Jordan
http://www.pmc.noaa.gov/schedule/ds.htm
DEP: 07/30/01 San Diego, CA DS-01-05 20 SWFSC
ARR: 08/18/01 Newport, OR ORCAWALE

DEP: 08/21/01 Newport, OR DS-01-05 20 SWFSC
ARR: 09/09/01 Eureka, CA ORCAWALE

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