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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



UNITED STATES 



California 



Kerckhofif Marine Laboratory ('37) 



History or origin: Purchased in 1931 with funds 

 furnished by Mr. WilUam G. Kerckhoff. Offi- 

 cially opened in September, 1932. 



Location: Near the entrance, on the east side of 

 Newport Bay, CaHfornia. Postoffice address: 

 Corona Del Mar, California. 



Organization to which attached: California Institute 

 of Technology, Pasadena, California, under the 

 Department of Biological Sciences. 



Purposes: Research, mainly to supplement that 

 done at the Institute. 



(Scope of activities: Experimental embryology, physi- 

 ology, marine ecology, biophysics, chemistry. A 

 few of the more advanced undergraduate students 

 and graduate students who are able to work more 

 or less independently. 



Equipment: Two-story, concrete, Spanish type 

 building. Three large main laboratories, five 

 small laboratory rooms, dark room, boat room, 

 and shop. Salt water system and aquaria. 

 24-ft. motor boat with dredging equipment. 



Staff: Dr. T. H. Morgan, Head of the Department 

 of Biology; G. E. MacGinitie, Asst. Professor of 

 Biology, Director; Members of the staff, California 

 Institute of Technology. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Some investiga- 

 tors can be accommodated. 



Income: Provided from the general research funds 

 of the Department of Biology. 



Provision for the publication of results: The results of 

 researches are published in appropriate scientific 

 periodicals. 



Pomona College Marine Laboratory and 

 Summer School ('37) 



History or origin: Summer courses under C. F. 

 Baker, 1911-1913. Building erected 1913 and 

 work under W. A. Hilton, 1913 to present. 



Location: Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, 

 on the Coast Boulevard. 



Organization to which attached: Pomona College. 



Purposes: Summer school for undergraduates and a 

 few graduates, usually six weeks. 



Scope of activities: Teaching undergraduates; ex- 

 ploration of littoral fauna; work with a few 

 graduates along biological lines. 



Equipment: 1 frame building, with several private 

 rooms and three general laboratories. Equipment 

 for limited field work and for laboratory work. 



Staff: Director, Prof. W. A. Hilton; different teach- 

 ers from other institutions. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Private rooms 

 for visitors. 



Income: The only income is from tuition or rental 

 of research rooms. From $1,000 to $2,000, most 

 of which goes for salaries. 



Provision for the publication of results: Journal of 

 Entomology and Zoology and other journals. 



Scripps Institution of Oceanography ('37) 



History or origin: The Scripps Institution grew out 

 of an endeavor begun in 1891 by Dr. Wilham E. 

 Ritter to find a suitable place for the establish- 

 ment of a marine biological station in connection 

 with the Department of Zoology of the University 

 of California. These efforts resulted in the 

 erection of a marine biological station about 21 

 miles north of the village of La Jolla through 

 funds contributed by Miss Ellen B. Scripps and 

 Mr. E. W. Scripps. The first building, the 

 "George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological 

 Laboratory," was erected in 1909, and funds for a 

 boat, the Alexander Agassiz, and its equipment 

 were donated by Miss Scripps and Mr. Scripps. 

 In 1912 the laboratory was taken over by the 

 University of California under the name of the 

 "Scripps Institution for Biological Research." 

 In 1916 the museum-library building and the 

 Institution's pier were erected. Before Doctor 

 Ritter retired from the directorship of the Insti- 

 tution, it was decided bj' the administrative 

 officers of the University of California and 

 members of the Scripps family to convert the 

 "Scripps Institution for Biological Research" 

 into one for oceanographic research. Dr. T. 

 Wayland Vaughan assumed the directorship on 

 the first of February, 1924, and the name of the 

 Institution was changed to "Scripps Institution 

 of Oceanography," in October, 1925. The In- 

 stitution acquired the boat Scripps, which on 

 November 13, 1936, was destroyed by explosion 

 and fire. An additional and larger laboratory, 

 "Ritter Hall," was erected in 1931, and extensive 

 improvements were made in the first laboratory 

 building, in the library, and on the grounds. 

 In the spring of 1937, Mr. R. P. Scripps purchased 

 a larger vessel for the Institution (see "Equip- 

 ment" below). The regular income of the 

 Institution was increased from about $44,000 

 per year in 1924 to about $90,000 in 1936. On 



