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Spiess, Fred Noel, 1919-2006
Fred Noel Spiess papers (Collection 2000-15), 1957-1997 (bulk 1983-1997).
Collection includes drafts of scientific publications, correspondence, memoranda, calendars, budgetary and other material documenting Spiess career as a physical oceanographer and university administrator. The accession includes records of University of California, UC San Diego, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography committees on which Spiess served, as well as files documenting his participation in scientific organizations including the American Geophysical Union and the National Science Foundation. There are extensive files documenting oceanographic vessels of the Scripps and the University National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems (UNOLS) fleet. The accession includes files documenting scientific programs, including files documenting the RISE Expedition and RIDGE program which resulted in the first observations of deep sea hydrothermal vents beginning in 1981. The accession includes scientific records documenting Spiess work especially on projects of the Marine Physical Laboratory. The accession includes a series of files documenting the work of the UC Faculty Senate which includes material on the planning of new UC campuses. Subjects documented include: hydrothermal vents, ocean bottom, oceanographic research ships, underwater acoustics.
Marine physicist, born Oakland, CA December 25, 1919; University of California, Berkeley AB 1941, Ph.D. (physics) 1951; Harvard University, MS, 1946. Submariner, U.S. Navy, 1941-1956, Deputy Oceanographer of the Navy,1969-1974; Nuclear Engineer, Knolls Atomic Power Lab, Schenectady, NY, 1951-1952; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD: Associate Research Physicist to Research Geophysicist University of California Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL), 1952-1961; Director MPL, 1958-1980; Professor of Oceanography, 1961-present; Chairman, Department of Oceanography, 1963-1964; Acting Director to Director, SIO, 1961-1965; Associate Director, SIO, 1965-1980, Director, UC Institute of Marine Resources, 1980-1985; Liaison Scientist, Office of Naval Research, London, 1974-1975.
Spiess, Fred Noel, 1919-2006
American Geophysical Union
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Marine Physical Laboratory
University National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems
University of California, San Diego
University of California (System)
Hydrothermal vents.
Marine geophysics -- Research.
Ocean bottom -- Research.
Oceanographic research ships.
Scientific expeditions -- Documentation.
Underwater acoustics
Calendars. aat
Correspondence. aat
Memorandums. aat
Manuscripts. aat
AIP-ICOS
University of California, San Diego. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Mandeville Special Collections Library. 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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