Walter Munk

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1917 –

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Who is Walter Munk?

Walter Heinrich Munk is an American physical oceanographer. He is professor of geophysics emeritus and holds the Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Operations Oceanography Chair at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.

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Born
Oct 19, 1917
Vienna
Also known as
  • Walter H. Munk
  • Walter Heinrich Munk
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Austria
Profession
Education
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  • Columbia University
  • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
    Oceanography
    ( - 1947)
Lived in
  • Vienna
  • California

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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