Warren Scriver Wooster

Background

Wooster, Warren Scriver was born on February 20, 1921 in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harold Abbott and Violet (Scriver) Wooster.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Brown U., 1943; Master of Science, California Institute Technology, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953.

Career

From research assistant to professor, Scripps Institution Oceanography, University of California, 1948-1973; director, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Office Oceanography, 1961-1963; dean, Rosenstiel School Marine Atmospheric Science, U. Miami, 1973-1976; professor marine studies and fisheries, U. Washington, Seattle, 1976-1991; professor emeritus, U. Washington, Seattle, 1992; director Institute Marine Studies, U. Washington, 1979-1982.

Achievements

• Warren Scriver Wooster has been listed as a noteworthy Marine science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Geophysical Union, American Meterol. Society; member Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Clarissa Pickles, September 13, 1948. Children: Susan Wooster Allen, Daniel, Dana.

Father:

Harold Abbott Wooster

Mother:

Violet (Scriver) Wooster

Spouse:

Clarissa Pickles

child:

Dana Wooster

child:

Daniel Wooster

child:

Susan Wooster Allen Wooster