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In Memoriam STAPLEFORD - On February 11, Bob Stapleford lost his valiant battle with leukemia. His extraordinary service to Scripps spanned more than 40 years and encompassed a variety of contributions sufficient for several full careers. He was an early and active participant in the diving program. Jim Stewart recalls diving with Bob in the 1960s to make underwater photographs of the wavelike flows around the sails on Navy submarines underway near San Diego, and also to check their hulls for limpet mines. He worked with SIO's Visibility Laboratory until 1984 in technical and engineering support of various projects. During this time he also served as a crew member on NASA astronaut training flights. He later shifted into administrative work as the business officer for the Laboratory. In 1984 he became business officer for the Nimitz Marine Facility, putting its financial and administrative affairs on a sound footing. Following "retirement" in 1991 and VERIP rehiring in 1992 he took on a series of important special projects ranging from dredging to accommodate the new R/V Roger Revelle at Marfac to managing the donated yacht Chubasco for eventual sale by SIO. His involvement in the diving program continued to the end; he attended a meeting of the Diving Control Board just one month before his death. We have lost a first-class diving buddy, a conscientious caring manager, a fine shipmate, and a good friend. Bob is survived by his wife Marty, his children Kileen Corkill, Kevin Stapleford, and Karen Stapleford; and three grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family hopes you will make donations to the Leukemia Society of America, 4715 Viewridge Avenue, San Diego, CA . Cards of condolences may be sent to Mrs. Marty Stapleford, 4535 Berwick Place, San Diego, CA 92117. There will be a memorial service at the Martin Johnson House on Thursday, February 22, at 4 p.m. VAN ATTA - Our friend and colleague Chuck Van Atta died on Sunday, February 11, after suffering a fatal cardiac arrest while skiing with friends at Mount San Jacinto. Chuck, who had been at UCSD since the 1960s, held a joint appointment between the former AMES department and SIO until his retirement in 1994. He was known internationally for his contributions to our understanding of turbulence, and contributed greatly to UCSD's reputation in fluid mechanics and related areas of physical oceanography. His collegiality and engaging easy-going approach to those around him will be sorely missed. We extend our condolences to his wife Ann, daughter Pam; son-in-law Bruce; and his two grandchildren. The MAE department will be arranging a memorial service in the near future. The family requests no flowers, but welcomes your cards and letters, which may be sent to Mrs. Ann Van Atta, 5569 Stressman, San Diego, CA 92122. Calendar Friday, February 16 MARINE BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Robert Zeller, SDSU, will present "The Development of the Ascidian Notochord -- Evolutionary Implications" in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 12 noon. RENGER RETIRES - What? No more Ed Renger? Today's his last day, so join us at the Martin Johnson House between 1500-1800 and help us give him the rowdy send off that he SO deserves. Keep those cards & letters (and photos & jokes!) coming! Contact Sherry Cummings (x46780), or Jim Wilkinson or Dave Wolgast (both x20674). Monday, February 19 ADMINISTRATIVE HOLIDAY Tuesday, February 20 ASTROBIOLOGY SEMINAR - Adrian F. Tuck, Chief, Meteorological Chemistry Program, NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory, Boulder, CO, will present "Atmospheric Aerosols in Prebiotic Chemistry " in 329 SERF / UCSD (Bldg. 930 on UCSD Campus Map) at 2 p.m. Refreshments served. (Gerhard Kminek, x42995, gkminek@insci14.ucsd.edu; or Lois Lane x41891, llane@ucsd.edu) SCRIPPS INFORMAL STUDENT SEMINAR - Adrian Borsa, IGPP, will present "Laser Altimetry from Just Overhead to Very Far Away" in the Revelle Conference Room at 2:30 p.m. Refreshments at 2:15 p.m. GEOSCIENCES/MARINE CHEMISTRY & GEOCHEMISTRY SEMINARS - February 20 & 21 -- Peter Kelemen, WHOI, will present an informal seminar on Tuesday, 2/20, entitled "Melt Extraction from the Mantle Beneath Oceanic Spreading Ridges," and an informal lunch-time talk on Wednesday, 2/21, entitled "Genesis of Continental Crust," both in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 4 p.m. (Julie Bowles, jbowles@ucsd.edu) Wednesday, February 21 ECOLOGY LUNCHEON SPEAKER - Russell Lande, UCSD Biology Department, Section of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, will present "Rapid Sympatric Speciation in Cichlid Fish by Sex Reversal and Sexual Selection" in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 12:15 p.m. (Erica Goetze, egoetze@ucsd.edu) CALSPACE SEMINAR - Andreas Quirrenbach, CASS/UCSD, will present "The Space Interferometry Mission" in Room EBU1, Engineering Building - Unit 1, Room 4307, at 12 noon. (Irene Xavier, x21597) PORD SEMINAR - George Carnevalle, SIO, will present " Overturning in the Oceanic Thermocline Forced by Wave-Wave Interactions" at 3:30 p.m. in 101 Nierenberg Hall. (Arne Biastoch, abiastoch@ucsd.edu) Thursday, February 22 AOS SEMINAR - Dave Zawada will present "Remote Sensing of Caribbean Corals Under Thermal Stress" in 330 NTV Building at 4 p.m. (Amber Rieder, arieder@ucsd.edu STAPLEFORD MEMORIAL SERVICE - There will be a memorial service for our friend, Bob Stapleford, at the Martin Johnson House at 4 p.m. (Jill Ives, x44948) Friday, February 23 MARINE BIOLOGY SEMINAR - Douglas Nelson, UC Davis, will present "Filamentous Sulfur Bacteria at Deep-Sea Hot Springs and Cold Sulfide-Rich Seeps: Ecology, Physiology, and Evolutionary Relationships" in 4500 Hubbs Hall at 12 noon. Notices ADIOS, ROBERTO! After over 32 years at SIO, our pal Bob Hessler has decided to retire. Let's give Bob the send off he so deserves........Come on up to the Martin Johnson Casa on Friday, March 9, at 4 p.m. (Señora Ives, x43948) RITTER FELLOWSHIP LECTURE - All are invited to a free public lecture
by the 2001 Ritter Fellow, Dr. Helen M. Rozwadowski, renowned oceanography
historian, at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, in Sumner Auditorium. Rozwadowski
will present "No longer 'For ever closed to human gaze': 19th century
discovery of the deep sea," an intriguing look at deep-sea exploration
and the history of 19th century ocean discoveries. The William E. and
Mary B. Ritter Memorial Fellowship is an international research award
made biennially by Scripps to encourage scholarship in the history of
marine science. The fellowship is named in honor of the institution's
founding director and his wife and is funded by a gift from Robert L.
and Bettie P. Cody. A reception at the Old Director's House (T-16) will
follow the lecture. A BIG THANK YOU TO SIO COUNCIL CHAIR LOUIS SIMPSON - Thanks to SIO Council Chair Lou Simpson, the planned Center for Marine Genomics, Biotechnology, and Biomedicine has taken a giant step toward reality. Because of his commitment to SIO, Lou has agreed to provide $1,000,000 to assist in the recruitment of a director for the Center. (Edwina Riblet, eriblet@ucsd.edu) SAN DIEGO SCIENCE FAIR - The 47th Annual Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair is seeking volunteers to judge the efforts of San Diego's ambitious junior and senior high youth. The judging will take place on Wednesday, March 28, from 8-11a.m. at the Balboa Park Activity Center. Judges are needed for the following disciplines: Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine & Heath, Microbiology, Physics, Zoology, and Consumer Science. Apply on-line at http://www.gsdsef.org/judges/app.shtml or contact Ronald Domb at (619) 583-0615 TWO MORE WEEKS TO SUBMIT CONTRIBUTIONS - The deadline for submitting reprints to the Editorial and Publications Committee for the 2000 CONTRIBUTIONS is FRIDAY MARCH 2, 2001. Any submissions after this date will be held for the 2001 Contributions. The 2000 Contributions is for journal articles, books, etc. with a publication date during the calendar year 2000 or before. Publications dated 2001 can be submitted, but will be held for the 2001 Contributions (to be compiled in 2002). Please submit 3 copies of each reprint along with a reprint information form to the Technical Publications Office (0233B). Additional reprint forms are available by calling x41295 or sending email to techpubs@sio.ucsd.edu. Submission guidelines are available on the Web at http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/techpubs/contribguide.html. SIO Contributions is the only official compilation of the published output of Scripps researchers for each calendar year. Citations for the years 1982 through 1999 can be found on the Web at http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/indexes/sio.html Ship News
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