Politics & Government
Oceanographer Walter Munk Honored
Renowned oceanographer and former Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor Walter Munk was recognized by San Diego County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price.
La Jolla resident and renowned oceanographer Walter Munk received a formal County of San Diego proclamation last week from Supervisor Pam Slater-Price.
Munk received a Ph.D. in oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1947 and spent his entire career at Scripps. He advanced from a position of professor to a member of UC’s Institute of Geophysics. His studies focused on the tides, ocean swells and the tracking of long-term changes in climate associated with global warming.
“Dr. Munk was among the first to show that what happens in the ocean affects the entire planet,” Slater-Price said in a release. “We are privileged to have him working in our midst.”
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According to UC San Diego, Munk has received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science in 1983 and the Kyoto Prize in Basic Science in 1999 and Prince Albert I Medal from the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans in 2001.
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