Oceanographer to receive honorary degree from UVic
One of the world’s foremost oceanographers
will be awarded an honorary degree at the University of Victoria’s
fall convocation, November 12-13.
Dr. Nicholas Fofonoff, senior scientist emeritus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, has made pioneering contributions to the establishment of oceanography on Canada’s Pacific coast and fundamental contributions to our understanding of the physics of the ocean. His research has addressed problems as diverse as the dynamics of the ocean’s circulation, the structure of oceanic internal waves, and the thermodynamics of seawater.
Fofonoff was born in Alberta and earned a master’s degree at UBC and a PhD at Brown University. He began his career at what is now the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, advancing to the rank of principal scientist before joining Woods Hole in 1962. He retired from there in 1991, but continues to publish in leading peer-reviewed journals.
Almost 1,100 students are graduating from UVic this fall. The four convocation ceremonies—at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day—will take place in the University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. Fofonoff will receive his honorary doctor of science degree at the 2 p.m. ceremony on Nov. 12.
Dr. Nicholas Fofonoff, senior scientist emeritus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, has made pioneering contributions to the establishment of oceanography on Canada’s Pacific coast and fundamental contributions to our understanding of the physics of the ocean. His research has addressed problems as diverse as the dynamics of the ocean’s circulation, the structure of oceanic internal waves, and the thermodynamics of seawater.
Fofonoff was born in Alberta and earned a master’s degree at UBC and a PhD at Brown University. He began his career at what is now the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, advancing to the rank of principal scientist before joining Woods Hole in 1962. He retired from there in 1991, but continues to publish in leading peer-reviewed journals.
Almost 1,100 students are graduating from UVic this fall. The four convocation ceremonies—at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day—will take place in the University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. Fofonoff will receive his honorary doctor of science degree at the 2 p.m. ceremony on Nov. 12.
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