Columbus IselinBorn 25 Sep 1904; died 5 Jan 1971 at age 66.Columbus O'Donnell Iselin was an American oceanographer who was director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutionin Massachusetts(1940-50; 1956-57). He expanded its facilities 10-fold and made it one of the largest research establishments of its kind in the world. Iselindeveloped the bathythermograph and other deep-sea instruments responsible for saving ships during WW II. He made major contributions to research on ocean salinity and temperature, acoustics, and the oceanography of the Gulf Stream. |
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