I worked at SIO for 5 years around the mid 2000s, but not on FLIP. Many of the folks there were remarkable people. One such person helped get FLIP off the ground, Walter Munk: He came to the US...
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I worked at SIO for 5 years around the mid 2000s, but not on FLIP. Many of the folks there were remarkable people. One such person helped get FLIP off the ground, Walter Munk:
He came to the US from Austria to study, but he ended up staying after Nazi Germany annexed his home country. He fell into oceanography after taking a summer job at SIO so he could be closer to the girl he was dating, and ended up returning for his PhD.
When WWII broke out, he put his PhD on pause to enlist in the US Army Ski Corps which, being a native German speaker and former ski instructor, seemed like a good fit. A little over a year later, the Department of War found out from Roger Revelle and Harald Sverdrup that they had a talented oceanographer deployed to the front lines. So they pulled him out to help with anti-submarine warfare and the planning the amphibious landings in Africa, and later, Normandy.
He was still working at SIO into his 90s. And, as was the case with all the scientists and staff at SIO, he was an all-around nice person.
SIO was a chill place to work. A good portion of the folks kept surfboards in their offices so they could surf before work. You weren't going to get rich working there, but the people and the location were hard to beat.
I worked at SIO for 5 years around the mid 2000s, but not on FLIP. Many of the folks there were remarkable people. One such person helped get FLIP off the ground, Walter Munk:
He came to the US from Austria to study, but he ended up staying after Nazi Germany annexed his home country. He fell into oceanography after taking a summer job at SIO so he could be closer to the girl he was dating, and ended up returning for his PhD.
When WWII broke out, he put his PhD on pause to enlist in the US Army Ski Corps which, being a native German speaker and former ski instructor, seemed like a good fit. A little over a year later, the Department of War found out from Roger Revelle and Harald Sverdrup that they had a talented oceanographer deployed to the front lines. So they pulled him out to help with anti-submarine warfare and the planning the amphibious landings in Africa, and later, Normandy.
He was still working at SIO into his 90s. And, as was the case with all the scientists and staff at SIO, he was an all-around nice person.
SIO was a chill place to work. A good portion of the folks kept surfboards in their offices so they could surf before work. You weren't going to get rich working there, but the people and the location were hard to beat.