Talk:Athelstan Spilhaus

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I added the edu-comic strip, as I remembered it well, to "help the stub," After I did a double-take to make sure I had the right Mr. Spilhaus. I can see from the refs there's much more to say about Dr. Spilhaus, but this remains for those more qualified (who will also hopefully clean up the bits I added from the Googling I did).

I see he emigrated to the US in 1931, was decorated for his WWII contributions, our first ambassador to UNESCO, created the U.S. science exhibit at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (today's Pacific Science Center), was president of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1970 and was president of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia from 1967 to 1969, etc., but from what I can find on my own these would remain "citation needed"s.

Being familiar with bathythermographs and WHOI by my own service experience, I was surprised to find the man who wrote those futuristic strips I'd enjoyed as a kid had connections to both, plus lots more. Jeffreykopp 05:08, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To avoid any possible confusion...

I also see that at the time of his death, his son A.F. Spilhaus Jr., was executive director of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Jeffreykopp 05:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)