Photos Related to SCOR History – Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)

The photos linked below come from a variety of sources. A large number were produced by Warren S. Wooster, who was president of SCOR from 1968 to 1973. Dr. Wooster had a distinguished career as an oceanographer and international marine science leader. In addition, he was known to colleagues and friends for being a dedicated film photographer. He did all his own developing, enlarging and printing, working mostly in black and white photography. His interests included people, patterns, cultures, landscapes, architecture, and a love of nature. Dr. Wooster’s work appeared in several Seattle galleries during his time at the University of Washington. At the School of Marine Affairs there, he often would display ten photos and ask people to guess where they were taken. The person who guessed correctly could keep their favorite print. Deeply involved in international oceanography, and able to travel to meetings all over the world, he accumulated a large collection of candid portraits of fellow scientists. These wonderful portraits show his keen eye, his sense of humor, and deep respect for these scientists, his close friends. Wooster’s photos are shown by year, when known, but otherwise listed in the “Year Unknown” section. Wooster’s captions are included where available.

1967

Trygve Braarud (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1969

David Cushing: UK, fishery scientist (Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft) – pioneer in fishery ecology (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Sidney Holt: UK, fishery scientist (International Fund for Animal Welfare) – population dynamics, whale conservation (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Roger Revelle – U.S. oceanographer (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) – climate and ocean interactions, founder of institutions, first President of SCOR, with Wilbur “Wib” Chapman – U.S. fishery scientist (Van Camp Seafood Corporation) – fishery statesman (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Eugen Seibold: Germany, geologist (European Science Foundation, Stuttgart) – former President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, participant in Deep Sea Drilling Expedition (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Henry Stommel: U.S., physical oceanographer (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) – pioneer in ocean circulation theory (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Michitaka Uda: Japan, fishery scientist (Tokyo University of Fisheries) – pioneer fishery oceanographer, with daughter (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1971

Craven (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Paul Fye: physicist, former director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Roger Revelle (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1972

Luis Cappuro (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Eric Simpson (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1974

Henry Charnock (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Henry Charnock and Luis Cappuro (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Ronald Currie (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Paul Tchernia – France, physical oceanographer (Laboratoire d’Oceanographie Physique) – Indian Ocean circulation, with Luis Capurro – Argentina, physical oceanographer (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Acanzados, Merida) – former President of SCOR, with Henry Charnock – UK, physical oceanographer (University of Southampton) – air-sea interaction, former director of Institute of Ocean Science (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1975

Tom Clingan (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Sir George Deacon – UK, polar oceanographer (National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley) – Antarctic chemistry and circulation, founding director of NIO (now IOS), with Ronald Currie – UK, marine biologist (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban) – coastal upwelling systems (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Thomas Gaskell: UK, geophysicist (British Petroleum) – leader of 2nd Challenger Expedition (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Gotthilf Hempel: Germany, marine biologist (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven) – polar marine ecology, former President of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Alan Heydorn (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
George Humphrey-1 and George Humphrey-2 (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Andrei S. Monin: Russia, marine physicist (Institute of Oceanology, Moscow) – former director of Institute of Oceanology (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Eric Simpson: South African geologist (University of Cape Town) – former President of SCOR (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Robert White: U.S., meteorologist (National Academy of Engineering) – first administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, President of National Academy of Engineering (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1978

George Hemmen (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Hurley (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1980

George Hemmen and Elizabeth Tidmarsh at 1980 SCOR Meeting in Woods Hole, USA – Hemmen handed over responsibility of the SCOR Secrtariat to Tidmarsh after the annual meeting.

1981

Torben Wolff: Denmark, marine biologist (University of Copenhagen) – abyssal biology (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1982

Jim Crease (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Elizabeth Wolff (Denmark, wife of SCOR VP Torben Wolff), Alan Longhurst (Canada, Secretary of SCOR, Director of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography), Sir George Deacon (UK), and Elizabeth Tidmarsh at the 1982 Joint Oceanographic Assembly – Sir Deacon sits on a crate containing the Albatross Prize for Oceanography from the American Miscellaneous Society.
John Steele: UK, applied mathematician (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) – ecological modeling, former director of WHOI (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Robert W. Stewart: Canada, marine physicist (University of Victoria) – ocean turbulence, leader in international meteorological/oceanographic programs (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1983

Martin Angel (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Michelle Fieux: France, physical oceanographer (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) Indian Ocean circulation (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
John Swallow: UK, physical oceanographer (Institute of Ocean Science, Wormley) – deep circulation, inventor of neutral buoyant float (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)

1984

Konstantin Federov: USSR physical oceanographer (Institute of Oceanology, Moscow) – ocean fine structure, former Secretary of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and President of SCOR (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Alan Longhurst: Canada, biological oceanographer (Bedford Institute of Oceanography – ocean ecology, former director of BIO (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)
Hendrick Postma: Netherlands, marine chemist (Institute for Sea Research, Texel) – former director of ISR, organizer of 2nd Snellius Expedition (by Warren Wooster, courtesy Susan Wooster Allen)