Oceanographic Unit (International Ice Patrol) Woods Hole, Massa- 

 chusetts, which he left in I960 to assume his present responsibil- 

 ities . 



HAROLD W, DUBACH, Deputy Director, National Oceanographic 

 Data Center, Washington Z5, D. C. 



A native of Missouri, he attended colleges in Missouri and Iowa 

 and was graduated from Baker University with an A.B. (chemistry), 

 in 1942. For graduate work, he attended the University of Chicago 

 (meteorology) and the Johns Hopkins University (oceanography). 



During World War II he served as a Weather Officer in the 

 U. S. Alaskan-Aleutian Theater as Forecaster, and he is now a 

 member of the Air Force Reserve, holding the rank of Major. 



He served as a Research Meteorologist in the Weather Bureau's 

 Thunderstorm Project from 1946 to 1948. His professional career 

 in oceanography began in 1948 with his appointment as an oceano- 

 grapher at the U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office. At the Hydrographic 

 Office he occupied numerous responsible positions. In I960 he was 

 selected to complete arrangements for the establishment and organ- 

 ization of the National Oceanographic Data Center and served as 

 Acting Director until July 1961. 



He has authored several papers and publications on oceanography 

 and meteorology and has presented several papers and talks to 

 professional societies including meetings of the American Meteor- 

 ological Society, American Geophysical Union, and the American 

 Society of Computer Machinery. 



He is a member of the American Meteorological Society and 

 the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. 



HOWARD H. ECKLES, Chief, Branch of Marine Fisheries, Divi- 

 sion of Biological Research, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 

 Washington 25, D. C. 



Mr. Eckles was born in Porterville, California, July 3, 1920, 

 and was graduated from the University of California at Santa Bar- 

 bara as a B.S. in 1942. From 1942 to 1946 he served the U. S. 

 Navy as a Lieutenant. From 1946-48 he attended Stanford Univer- 

 sity. From 1948-53 he was a Fishery Research Biologist with the 

 United States Fish and Wildlife Service in California. He then 

 assumed his present responsibilities. 



He is a member of the American Fisheries Society and the 

 American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. 



His main interests lie in fishery research biology and oceano- 

 graphy. He serves on a number of interagency committees and 

 represents the Bureau in many aspects of oceanographic work. 



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