Background
Sammarco, Paul William was born on October 18, 1948 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Giacomo and Esther (Galanti) Sammarco.
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Paul William Sammarco
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Bachelor, Syracuse University, 1970, postgraduate,1970-1971. Certified Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1971, Fairleigh Dickinson U. West Indies Laboratory, United States Virgin Islands, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1977.
Career
Teaching assistant Syracuse (New York) University, 1970-1971, Discovery Bay MarineLab., State University of New York-Stony Brook Overseas Academy Program, Jamaica, 1974, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1971-1977. Assistant professor Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, 1977-1979;visiting assistant professor tropical ecology, in Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, State University of New York-Potsdam,1979. Senior research scientist Australian Institute Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, 1979-1989, coordinator Shelf Seas Research Program 1985-1986.
Director environmental research of Resource Assessment Commission Prime Minister"s commission onnatural resources, Canberra, Australia, 1989-1991.
Executive director Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, 1991-1995, professor, 1995. Director inter-university seminar program Association Colleges
Saint Lawrence Valley, Potsdam, 1977-1979. Adjunct Professor Louisiana State University, University of Southern Louisiana, U. New Orleans, Nicholls State University, U. Campinas-Brazil.
Achievements
Membership
Member chancel choir First United Methodist Church, Houma, Louisiana. Member Australian Marine Sciences Association (keynote speaker 1981, counselor 1984-1989, chairman, organizer national conference 1987, chairman Australia Academy Science Boden Conference 1990), International Society Reef Studies, Australian Coral Reef Society, Australasian Performing Rights Association, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Jean Sogioka, May 29, 1971 (deceased. Children: Mimi Cecile, Dustin Paul, Jack Isao.
