LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT
It’s with great enthusiasm that I share this issue of Following SEA with you. Within its pages you’ll find the full scope of what SEA seeks to do: inspire ocean scholars, stewards, and leaders. Beginning with the stories of the SSV Corwith Cramer’s major maintenance project and Dr. Amanda N. Netburn’s return to Palmyra, to Alex Linares’ journey to SEA through the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program and the return of “Scuttlebutt,” you’ll learn both about our programs and about the people of SEA who make our community distinctive and impactful. You’re a member of the SEA family too! I hope you’ll take the time not only to read the stories in Following Sea, but to consider your own SEA story. We’d love to hear it! I also encourage you to please share the SEA story with potential students, parents, or friends in academic institutions. Your passion for SEA is our best advertisement and helps ensure that we can continue to accomplish our mission. On behalf of all of us here in Woods Hole and our crew around the world, thank you for investing in and partnering with SEA as we continue to explore, understand and steward the marine environment by empowering students with life-changing voyages of scientific and cultural discovery, academic rigor, and personal growth.
Peg Brandon, W-48, President
2017-2018 Officers & Trustees Officers
Trustees
Richard Cost, Chair Susan Humphris, Vice Chair Linda Cox Maguire, Vice Chair Robert Knapp, W-99, Treasurer Richard Chandler, W-7, Clerk Margaret Brandon, W-48, ex-officio
Jacob Brown Walter Brown Richard Burnes Lee Campbell, W-60 Peter Ellis John Gerngross, W-20 Lauren Gilbert, S-190 Jerome Heller Ambrose Jearld Morris Kellogg Philip McKnight Jessica McWade Jeremy Salesin, W-75 Willis Wang Anthony Whittemore John Wigglesworth, W-5 Charles Willauer, W-40
Trustees Emeriti James Humphreys John Kingsbury Peter Willauer Eric Wolman George Woodwell
Presidents Emeriti
Editor: Douglas Karlson Project Manager: Lauren Zike Director of Development: Julia Alling Director of Stewardship: Monica Bowman Development Associate: Crickett Warner Alumni Relations Coordinator: Victoria Smith Design: Fyfe Design Cover photo: Capt. Chris Nolan Inside photography: SEA faculty, students and friends
John Bullard Rafe Parker
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