of Ph. D.’s by 1970 will be of the same order as the total produced in 
the last two decades. We conclude that the rapid increase of Federal 
support to oceanography in the period 1958-63 has had a profound 
influence on the number of professionally trained oceanographers. 
This rapid increase, if accompanied by a continuation of the present 
budget, can only lead to major problems some 2 to 4 years hence. 
1000 
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s 
of 
Graduate students at 12 
oceanography centers 
100 oe 
Graduate students in ¢ 
‘‘Oceanography’’ as 
identified by |CO—NSF 
PhD’s granted at 
10 oceanographic centers 
10 — 
NUMBER OF STUDENTS OR PhD’S 
PhD’s granted in 
~osor" ‘‘Oceanography’’ as 
in identified by ICO—NSF 
1958 1960 1965 1969 
FISCAL YEARS 
Figure 8.3. Growth of students and degrees in oceanography as discussed 
in text 
8.4. NATIONAL INTEREST IN THE OCEANS 
While we address ourselves in this report primarily to the Federal 
role in the oceans, we are fully aware that State and municipal govern- 
ments and particularly private industry are important components 
of the national interest in the oceans. We believe that this awareness 
is evident throughout the report, in that we recommend strengthening 
Federal programs in the oceans which support socially and economi- 
cally important activities by the States and private industry. We rec- 
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