Charles S. Yentsch
Charles S. Yentsch (1927–2012) was the 1999 recipient of the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award.
Education
Yentsch earned a BSc from the University of Louisville (1950), a Masters from Florida University, Tallahassee and a Ph.D. Honoris causa from Long Island University (1985).
Personal background
Yentsch grew up in Kentucky, the son of a mechanic. Between 1944 and 1946 he served in the military as a fire-fighting instructor in San Diego. He died in Fort Lauderdale.[1]
Acclaim and tributes
Following his death, the Yentsch family set up the Charles S. Yentsch Scholarship Established to Assist Young Oceanographers in his memory "as a tribute to his role in mentoring many generations of students over his long career."[2]
It was said of Yentsch that he "made key observations that led to the development of ocean color remote sensing from space….[He] not only made seminal contributions to the evolution of modern biological oceanography, but arguably established the field of bio-optical ecology, which underpins advanced remote sensing methods and the biogeochemical circulation models that they support."[3]
Awards
In 1999, Yentsch received the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award "for sustained and innovative contributions in the fields of phytoplankton pigments and productivity, optical properties and remote sensing, and for establishing and sustaining oceanographic initiatives and programs."
References
- ↑ "Charles S. Yentsch Obituary". Bigelow. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Bigelow Lab". Facebook. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ Cullen, J J. "Abstract OCEAN COLOR, PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY, AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF BIO-OPTICAL ECOLOGY: CHARLES S. YENTSCH AND THE ARC OF INTERDISCIPLINARY OCEANOGRAPHY". SGMeet. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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