JOHN J. SCHULE, JR. , Director, Oceanographic Prediction Divi- 

 sion, U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office, Washington 25, D. C. 



Mr. Schule received his B.A. (mathematics) at the St. Johns 

 University, Brooklyn, New York. He took an Aviation Cadets 

 course in meteorology at New York University, and studied oceano- 

 graphy at the Johns Hopkins University. 



He had wartime service as a Weather Officer, U. S. Army Air 

 Corps. He also served as Chief Meteorologist, American Overseas 

 Airlines, Instructor in the Department of Meteorology at New York 

 University, and as Instructor at the U. S. Air Force Weather Offi- 

 cer's School. He has been with the Navy Hydrographic Office for 

 the past 11 years, where his principal work is the development and 

 operation of oceanographic prediction systems in support of Navy 

 and other Department of Defense activities. Major areas have been 

 in the fields of sea ice prediction, wave forecasting, optimum 

 ship routing, and ASWEPS, an environmental prediction system 

 for Antisubmarine Warfare operations. 



MR. JAMES M. SNODGRASS, Head, Special Developments Divi- 

 sion, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, 

 La Jolla, California. 



Mr. Snodgrass was born in Marysville, Ohio, May 3, 1908, 

 received his A. B. at Oberlin College (1931), and studied at the 

 University of Pennsylvania and at Harvard. He served as Assis- 

 tant in Psychology, Oberlin College, 1931-37, as research asso- 

 ciate. Fertility Clinic, Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, 

 Massachusetts, 1937-40, and as Research Instructor of Psychology 

 at Oberlin from 1940-46. He was a member of the technical staff, 

 Division of War Research, Columbia University (1942-43), a 

 Research Associate and Field Representative, Division of War 

 Research, University of California (1943-46), and Chief Engineer, 

 Motion Picture Sound Division, Dayton Acme Company (1946-48). 

 He joined the Scripps staff in 1948 as an associate research bio- 

 logist and was a member of the scientific staff on the Scripps 

 Mid-Pac Expedition in 1950. In his present capacity he has been 

 responsible for the design and development of many of the new 

 instruments that are allowing many striking advances in the science 

 of oceanography. 



He is a member of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, Acoustical Society of America, a Senior Member 

 of the Instrument Society of America (Director of its Marine Sci- 

 ences Division), American Institute of Biological Sciences (Spe- 

 cial Consultant), and is active on the Air -Sea Interaction and New 



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