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Doctor, we are honored to have you here today because of your long 
interest and participation in the field in which we have a common 
interest. 
You go right ahead, sir, with your statement. We are delighted and 
honored to have you. 
(Dr. Austin’s biographical sketch follows :) 
CURRICULUM VITAE OF THOMAS S. AUSTIN 
Education : 
BA Biology, 1938, Grove City College. 
MA Zoology, 1940, University of Buffalo. 
MS Limnology, 1942, Yale University. 
DSc (Hon.), 1965, Grove City College. 
Experience : 
_ 2 years—Instructor, Naval Training School, Grove City College. 
3 years—Oceanographer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 
6 years—Oceanographer, Naval Oceanographic Office. 
9 years—Oceanographer, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) Labora- 
tory, Honolulu. 
3 years—Assistant Director, BCF Laboratory, Honolulu. 
2 years—Assistant Director, BCF Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 
2 years—Director, BCF Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 
3 years—Director, BCE Laboratory, Miami. 
Present—Director, National Oceanographic Data Center and World Data 
Center A for Oceanography. 
Publications : 36. 
Scientific Organizations: 
The Society of the Sigma Ni. 
American Meteorolcgical Society (Associate Member). 
New York Academy of Sciences. 
Marine Technology Society (Charter Member). 
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. 
American Society for Oceanography (Charter Member). 
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. 
American Geophysical Union. 
Special Assignments Include: 
International Coordinator, Intergovernment Oceanographic Commission, In- 
ternational Cooperative Investigations of the Tropical Atlantic, 1962-. 
Deputy Chairman, Panel on International Programs and International Co- 
operative Organizations, 1967-. 
Chairman, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Working Group 
on International Oceanographic Data Exchange, June 1968-. 
Member, National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Develop- 
ment, Committee on Ocean Exploration and Environmental Services, 
August 1968-. 
Participant, Steering Committee Workkshop on International Decade of 
Ocean Exploration, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, September 3-13, 1968. 
Chairman, Editorial Committee for the Cooperative Investigations of the 
Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, January 1969-. 
STATEMENT OF DR. THOMAS S. AUSTIN, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL 
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER 
Dr. Ausrrx. Thank you, sir. 
I am especially honored to be here this morning and hear the state- 
ment from the Lieutenant Governor of California. When those of us 
in marine sciences think of California, we think of the Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography in California, the State fish and game 
department, and the other organizations in the State from whom the 
National Oceanographic Data Center receives significant contribu- 
tions of high quality, and to whom we respond to requests. 
