STATE OF THE MVY IN OCEANOGRAPHY 



Opening Remarks by 



Rear Admiral O.D. Waters, Jr. 



Oceanographer of the Navy 



Mr. Chairman: 



It is a pleasure, though somewhat astounding, to see this many 

 eminent oceanographers gathered at one time in one place for a three 

 day brain-picking session. 



Oceanographers as a class are surely the world's greatest 

 travelers and meeting attenders. But as trained environmentalists 

 they have a tendency to be pretty selective about their traveling. 

 Except where duty assignments are involved you are not likely to 

 find an oceanographer in the Arctic Circle in the winter time or in 

 Florida in the middle of the summer. Too smart for that. 



Take our host. Dr. Henderson, for example. Last I heard of him 

 he was in La Spezia, Italy. An excellent spring-time selection. 



But come to think of it, Seattle is also noted as a very pleas- 

 ant place to visit and I am sure that everyone of you will enjoy 

 your short stay here. 



If you do, give the lion's share of the credit to Joe Henderson 

 and his staff at the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University 

 of Washington. They have worked hard and well to organize both oiir 

 working sessions and our leisure time activities. 



I am going to put in a reference here to Seattle as the Oceano- 

 graphic Capital of the Country. Truth is, I'm afraid my remarks 

 might get back to friends of mine in San Diego, or Honolulu, or 

 Norfolk or Miami. They all claim the same title. 



Now since the subject assigned to me is "The State of the Wavy 

 in Oceanography" I will start with a few words on the State of the 

 Nation. 



A while back as you know the National Council on Marine Re- 

 sources and Engineering Development was established by Congress to 

 provide an organizational framework and increased momentum to marine 

 science activities. The Council's Chairman is the Vice President. 



In addition, the Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and 

 Resources was established to make a study and recommend a perma- 

 nent organization and a national marine science program. Their 

 report is now before the Congress. 



