MENTOR

Wheeler North sponsored and supervised the NAS' Summer Scholar program at SIO in the 1950s. My first introduction to the world of marine sciences was through that program, when I was between my junior and senior year at Mission Bay High School. It was a very important summer for me, as I worked with Carl and Laura Hubbs, Al Stover and Art Flechhsig, and made several of the famous temperature runs along the Baja California Coast. Little did I then know that I would return in 1966 to spend 33 years at SIO in the time-series data collection and management for CalCOFI.

Wheeler set a fine example of a visionary and mentor for young people. I'm deeply grateful!

(The Rev. Canon) George Hemingway
Newberg, Oregon