Columbus O’Donnell Iselin

Background

Iselin, Columbus O’Donnell was born on September 25, 1904 in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Son of Lewis and Marie (de Neufville) Iselin.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1926, Master of Arts, 1928. Doctor of Science, Brown University, 1947.

Career

Physical oceanographer Woods Hole Oceanography Institution, 1932-1940, director, 1940-1950, 56-58, senior physical oceanographer, 1950-1956, Henry Bryant oceanographer, 1958-1970, member corporation, trustee, 1936-1970. Professor physical oceanography Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1959-1970, Harvard, 1960-1970.

Achievements

• Columbus O’Donnell Iselin has been listed as a notable scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member science committee ocean research, convenor working group International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1958. Member subcommittee oceanographic research North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Fellow New York Academy Sciences.

Member National Academy Sciences (Agassiz medal 1943), American Academy Arts and Letters, American Geography Society, American Geophysical Union, American Philosophical Society.

Connections

Married Eleanor Emmet Lapsley, 1929. Children: Eleanor Emmet, Columbus O’Donnell, Marie de Neufville, Victoria David, Thomas Howard.

Father:

Lewis Iselin

Mother:

Marie (de Neufville) Iselin

Spouse:

Eleanor Emmet Lapsley

child:

Thomas Howard Iselin

child:

Eleanor Emmet Iselin

child:

Victoria David Iselin

child:

Columbus O’Donnell Iselin

child:

Marie de Neufville Iselin