APPENDIX 



PRESENT FACILITIES FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC 

 RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES 



The report of the earlier Committee on 

 Oceanography of the National Academy 

 of Sciences submitted in November 1929, 

 and published in part in a book by H. B. 

 Bigelow entitled "Oceanography, Its Scope, 

 Problems and Economic Importance," 

 marked a turning point in the development 

 of oceanography in America. It resulted 

 directly in the substantial endowment of 

 the subject from private sources at two 

 universities, California and Washington, 

 and in the endowment of research institu- 

 tions at Woods Hole and Bermuda. Ocean- 

 ography thus received recognition as an 

 established branch of the natural sciences, 

 and a limited number of scholars were en- 

 abled to pursue their studies without the 

 restrictions inherent in public service. This 

 impetus led to the establishment of a 

 number of additional centers for oceano- 

 graphic study during the last twenty years. 

 The present facilities for research and 

 teaching, which have come into being or 

 have achieved substantial development as 

 a sequel to the action by the National Acad- 

 emy in 1927, are described below. 



THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF 

 OCEANOGRAPHY 



The Scripps Institution of Oceanography 

 is the outgrowth of investigations begun in 

 1892 by the Department of Zoology of the 

 University of California under the leader- 

 ship of Professor W. E. Hitter. With sup- 

 port from Miss E. B. Scripps and Mr. E. 

 W. Scripps the enterprise was carried on as 

 a private foundation until 1912 when it 

 became part of the University of Califor- 

 nia, the Scripps Institution for Biological 

 Research. The scope and character of the 

 research program ultimately focused on all 



aspects of the study of the sea, a fact 

 formally recognized in 1925 when the name 

 was changed to the Scripps Institution of 

 Oceanography. 



The principal laboratory building on the 

 campus at La Jolla was built in 1931 with 

 funds provided by the Rockefeller Foun- 

 dation. Other permanent buildings include 

 a smaller laboratory built in 1910, the 

 library in 1916, and a public museum and 

 aquarium in 1950. More than half of the 

 available floor space of the Institution is 

 in temporary wooden structures, chiefly on 

 the grounds of the Navy Electronics Labo- 

 ratory at Point Loma. Among the princi- 

 pal physical assets of the Institution are 

 four research vessels ranging in length from 

 85 to 143 feet, three of which have been 

 acquired since the war, in part because of 

 contracts. One of these, a converted navy 

 tug, is capable of work at sea anywhere in 

 the Pacific. 



The basic annual budget of the Institu- 

 tion is approximately $270,000. Ninety per- 

 cent is contributed by the State of Califor- 

 nia through legislative appropriations to the 

 University, and the remainder comes from 

 the endowment established by the Scripps 

 family. During the last three years an addi- 

 tional $400,000 per year has been received 

 from the State for research on the Califor- 

 nia sardine fishery and approximately 

 $300,000 per year has been derived from 

 contracts with the Federal Government and 

 other agencies. 



Of the 250 employees on the year-round 

 staff, sixteen are members of the faculty of 

 the Department of Oceanography in the 

 Graduate School of the University of Cal- 

 ifornia, and some thirty others are qualified 

 for independent research. 



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