Person Munk; Walter Heinrich (1917 - 2019) Munk Walter Heinrich 1917 - 2019 American Male Austria 19/10/1917 19171019 La Jolla, California, USA 08/02/2019 20190208

Oceanographer Geophysics Climate change Walter Munk was a physical oceanographer who made significant contributions to our understanding of the oceans. His many areas of interest included ocean swells, tides, waves and wind-driven circulations; as well as collecting large-scale current and temperature measurements using the technique of ocean acoustic tomography. Walter studied irregularities in the Earth’s rotation, along with helping to explain tidal locking, the phenomenon which keeps the near side of the moon facing the Earth. He proposed Project Mohole — an attempt to bore through the Earth’s crust into the mantle that later inspired the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Over his lifetime, Walter received numerous awards in recognition of his work, including the US National Medal of Science in 1983; the Kyoto Prize in 1999; and, in 1993, the first Munk Award, which was named in his honour. In addition to being a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, he was elected as a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Professor Walter Munk ForMemRS died on 8 February 2019. Lectures: Bakerian 1986, on 'Acoustic monitoring of ocean gyres' Foreign Member 08/04/1976 58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Munk References: Carl Wunsch, 'Walter Munk' in Nature 567, 176 (2019), doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00750-5 (obituary) Ashley Yeager, 'Walter Munk, "Einstein of the Oceans", Dies' in The Scientist 12 Feb 2019, https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/walter-munk--einstein-of-the-oceans--dies-65458 (obituary) Enily Langer, 'Walter Munk Remembered:Oceanographer whose wisdom on waves helped the Allied landings of WWII'' in The Independent, 15 Feb 2019 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/walter-munk-oceans-oceanographer-waves-d-day-landing-anzio-allied-second-world-war-a8776256.html (obituary) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 19 Oct 1917 - 08 Feb 2019 NA4092 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/5080918 e8464195-f215-4c33-a37b-31c974ca287c