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Rebach Joins North Carolina Sea Grant 



Jorth Carolina's 

 strong tradition of marine 

 studies has drawn Steve 

 Rebach from the University 

 of Maryland Eastern Shore 

 to North Carolina Sea 

 Grant. 



"North Carolina has 

 always understood the 

 importance of marine 

 research," says Rebach, the 

 program's new associate 

 director for research. He will 

 work with scientists from across the 

 University of North Carolina system and 

 Duke University to take marine research 

 from theoretical levels to applied results. 



"I want to encourage an even broader 

 participation in Sea Grant research," says 

 Rebach. 



North Carolina Sea Grant Director 

 Ron Hodson is pleased to have Rebach on 

 board. "I am anxious to have him develop 

 his own program and interact with the 

 research community," he says. "I look 

 forward to his leadership in program 

 development." 



Rebach, who has a 

 doctorate in biological 

 oceanography from the 

 Graduate School of 

 Oceanography at the 

 University of Rhode Island, 

 had been at UM Eastern 

 Shore since 1972. A biology 

 professor, he chaired the 

 Marine, Estuarine and 

 Environmental Sciences 

 Graduate Program at UM 

 Eastern Shore and directed 

 the Crustacean Research in Ecology and 

 Mariculture Institute. 



His research has focused on crabs — a 

 species with economic importance for both 

 Maryland and North Carolina. His studies 

 have shown how organisms make decisions 

 regarding food selection and the sensory 

 mechanisms used to find preferred food. 



"Animals definitely will select food 

 that smells like food, no matter what it 

 looks like," he says. 



Rebach's office will be in the Sea 

 Grant headquarters at North Carolina 

 State University. - K.M. 



Olson Heads to Washington, D.C. 



Steve Olson, North Carolina Sea 

 Grant's associate director for outreach, has 

 been named director of governmental 

 affairs for the American Zoo and Aquarium 

 Association in Washington, D.C. He will 

 monitor federal actions that affect the 

 association's membership, which includes 

 more than 200 facilities, from small city 

 zoos and aquaria to large complexes such 

 as Disney's Animal Kingdom, the San 

 Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, and Sea 

 World. The North Carolina Zoological 

 Park and the three North Carolina Aquari- 

 ums are also members. 



"This was not an easy decision for me 

 because I have learned a tremendous 

 amount working with the dedicated staff at 

 North Carolina Sea Grant and have enjoyed 

 the wondrous beauty of this great state," 

 Olson says. "But I have always wanted to 

 work with the zoo/aquarium community. 



This is an exciting opportunity to do so." 



Olson is credited with bringing the Sea 

 Grant extension and communication staffs 

 closer under the umbrella title of outreach. 

 His responsibilities increased in 1999 while 

 Sea Grant Director Ron Hodson recovered 

 from injuries sustained in a plane crash. 



"He kept the program together," 

 Hodson says. "He was a tremendous 

 asset. We hate to see him go, but we wish 

 him well." 



Olson has worked in Washington 

 before, as a Dean John A. Knauss Sea 

 Grant fellow in 1987-88, and as director of 

 marine and environmental affairs for the 

 National Association of State Universities 

 and Land Grant Colleges. 



Steve Rebach, North Carolina Sea 

 Grant associate director for research, will 

 assume outreach duties on an interim basis. 



-KM 



Construction 

 Begins for 

 Shipwreck 

 Museum 



The turbulent waters off 

 the Outer Banks represent one 

 of the highest densities of 

 shipwrecks in the nation — 

 from Blackbeard's Adventure to 

 the Civil War vessel U.S.S. 

 Monitor. 



This maritime history and 

 culture will be the focus of the 

 Graveyard of the Atlantic 

 Museum. Construction began 

 in December on the museum, 

 which is adjacent to the North 

 Carolina Department of 

 Transportation ferry terminal in 

 Hatteras. 



With its large wooden 

 beams and graceful curved 

 lines reminiscent of early ships, 

 the 19,000 square-foot 

 museum will recall the spirit 

 and feel of seafaring vessels. 

 The exhibits will focus on the 

 history, mystery and legends of 

 shipwrecks between 1 524 and 

 1 945, as well as early residents. 

 The museum is expected to 

 open in 2001 . Visit the 

 museum's Web site: www.Crave 

 yardofiheAtlantic.com. — A.G. 



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