Background
Yentsch grew up in Kentucky, the son of a mechanic.
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Charles Yentsch
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Education
Yentsch earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Louisville (1950), a Masters from Florida University, Tallahassee and a Doctor of Philosophy Honoris causa from Long Island University (1985).
Career
Between 1944 and 1946 he served in the military as a fire-fighting instructor in San Diego. He died in Fort Lauderdale. Following his death, the Yentsch family set up the 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." lieutenant was said of Yentsch that he "made key observations that led to the development of ocean color remote sensing from space…. 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.".
Achievements
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In 1999, Yentsch received the A.C. (before Christ) 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.".
Awards
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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."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."