66 MARINE SCIENCE 



(A biographical sketch of Dr. Vine follows :) 



AixYN Vine 



Chairman of Panel on Engineering Needs for Ocean Exploration ; physical 

 oceanographer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 



Date and place of birth : June 1, 1914, Garrettsville, Ohio. 



Education: A.B. Hiram College in 1936; M.S. in physics, Lehigh University 

 1938. 



Physical oceanographer at Woods Hole during and since the war working on 

 thermal structure, current measurements, undersea wai-fare, underwater sound, 

 instrumentation. 



Trustee, Ocean Resources Institute 1952- ; American Physical Society, Amer- 

 ican Geophysical Union, Acoustical Society. 



STATEMENT OF ALLYN VINE, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC 



INSTITUTION 



Mr. Vine. My name is Allyn Vine and I am a physical ocean- 

 ographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 



It is a great honor to be here today to discuss the problems and ob- 

 jectives of oceanography, particularly "New devices and engineering 

 aids for oceanography" which is chapter 7 of the report. As such 

 it is my pleasure to discuss how advanced design vehicles and instru- 

 ments can speed up oceanographic research and open up new con- 

 cepts of doing research and engineering at sea. 



However, before going into details I have three justifications for 

 oceanography that may be of interest to you. 



As a typical worker in oceanography I find it a stimulating and 

 interesting branch of science. 



Present day engineering applications require a better knowledge 

 of applied oceanography if the United States is to intelligently plan, 

 and to economically carry out many aspects of undersea warfare, 

 weather prediction, fisheries, and nuclear engineering. I firmly be- 

 lieve oceanographic research is an excellent financial investment. 



In considering the future, the 2 billion people now on earth and the 

 billions more that will be bom here will mostly live and die on our 

 planet Earth. Their future and our country's future will depend 

 on how successfully we adapt to each other ancl to the resources of the 

 Earth. The ultimate importance of the ocean is uncertain but it must 

 be enormous and I am impressed by the fact that even a hundred years 

 after Columbus discovered America most Europeans felt that North 

 America was pretty useless. It would seem that the marine sciences 

 would be a good place for the United States to have national compe- 

 tence in the decades to come. 



Tlie detailed recommendations for new vehicles, devices, and instru- 

 ments to aid the marine scientist in his research are described in chap- 

 ter VII entitled "Engineering Aids for Ocean Exploration." In the 

 limited time available, I shall briefly summarize that chapter and ex- 

 plain the reasoning behind those recommendations. Please feel free 

 to ask any questions. 



