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| Wolfgang H. Berger, Ph.D. * Education M.Sc. Geology 1963 University of Colorado, Boulder Ph.D. Oceanography 1968 University of California, San Diego * Appointments 1971-1974 Assistant Professor of Oceanography SIO/ UC San Diego 1974-1980 Associate Professor of Oceanography SIO/ UC San Diego 1980-2006 Professor of Oceanography SIO/ UC San Diego 2006- Distinguished Professor SIO/ UC San Diego, emeritus * Honors Bigelow Medal, Woods Hole 1979 Norwegian Research Fellow, 1980 Huntsman Medal, Bedford 1984 Lady Davis Fellow, Hebrew University, 1986 Humboldt Award, Bonn 1986 Ewing Medal, San Francisco, 1988 Prince Albert I Medal, Paris, 1991 Balzan Prize, Bern, 1993 Steinmann Medal, Bern, 1998 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea, 2001 * Professional Societies (past and/or present) American Assoc. Adv. Science (Fellow) American Geophysical Union (Fellow) Geological Society of America (Fellow) European Union of Geophysical Sciences; American Society of Limnology and Oceanography National Association of Geology Teachers, Geologische Vereinigung. * Books co-edited or co-authored 1982 (with J.C.Crowell, editors) Climate in Earth History. National Academy Press, Washington, D. C. 198 pp. 1987 (with L.Labeyrie, editors) Abrupt Climatic Change - Evidence and Implications. Reidel, Dordrecht 1989 (with V.S. Smetacek, G. Wefer, editors) Ocean Productivity - Present and Past. John Wiley, Chichester 1993 (with L.W. Kroenke, L.A. Mayer, et al.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Leg 130 (Ontong Java Plateau), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 1995 (with E. Seibold) The Sea Floor - An Introduction to Marine Geology. 3rd ed. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg 1997 (with G. Wefer, G. Siedler, D. J. Webb, editors) The South Atlantic: Present and Past Circulation. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg 1998 (with G. Wefer, C. Richter, et al.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Results, Leg 175 (Benguela Current), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 2002 (with G. Wefer, K.E. Behre, E. Jansen, eds.) Climate Development and History of the North Atlantic Realm. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg. 2005 (H. Drange et al., eds.) The Nordic Seas: An Integrated Perspective. AGU Geophysical Monograph. |
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1944: Camano Class Light Cargo Ship was laid down for the US Army as FS-289 at Wheeler Shipbuilding in Whitestone, NY.

1955 - 1963: Used as a cargo supply ship for the Texas Towers, a network of advanced radar stations located off the Eastern Seaboard. In 1957, Capt. Sixto Mangual was commander of the AKL-17 and in 1961 it was rechristened the USNS New Bedford. The New Bedford, sailing out of State Pier, was keeping vigil when Texas Tower No. 4 callapsed off the New Jersey coast during a January 1961 nor'easter.

2006: Design of the Tesla Turbine began on June 11, 2006. The Sea Bird was sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for commercial service.

















