The Future Oceanographers
The Graduate School of Oceanography received 78 applications for admission this year and had space to accept approximately 18. The applicants were rigorously screened by the faculty of the Graduate School of Oceanography for fall admission.
Among those accepted, four were Rhode Islanders. Of the two foreign students accepted, one is from Formosa and will study chemical oceanography, and one from India will study geological oceanography. Several of the incoming students are from industrial concerns whose work is associated with the marine sciences. This includes one student whose studies will be financed by the Submarine Signal Division of Raytheon in Newport.
There is no lack of women interested in oceanography, and out of ten applications this year from women, four will be admitted in the fall. Outstanding is a girl from Maryland who won a National Science Foundation Fellowship for graduate study entitling her to go to any college in the country.
One of the graduate students admitted is an associate professor of civil engineering who is changing professions. He has long nourished an enthusiasm for oceanography and, after taking several courses, applied for and won a Science Faculty Fellowship from the National Science Foundation for full-time study.
Of those accepted thirteen have been awarded fellowships or assistantships from the University of Rhode Island.
---Mary Matzinger, Editor Maritimes, Spring 1964