Wayne Vincent Burt

Background

Burt, Wayne Vincent was born on May 10, 1917 in South Shore, South Dakota, United States. Son of John David and Mary Pearle (McDuffee) Burt.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Math, Pacific College, 1939. Master of Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Oceanography, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952.

Honorary Doctor of Science, George Fox College, Newberg, Oregon, 1963.

Career

Instructor, Oregon high schools, 1939-1942; material engineer, Kaiser Company, Inc., Washington State., 1942; instructor mathematics, U. Oregon, 1946; assistant, Scripps Institution, 1946-1948; associate oceanographer, Scripps Institution, 1948-1949; assistant professor oceanography, research oceanographer, Chesapeake Bay Institute, Johns Hopkins, 1949-1953; assistant director, Chesapeake Bay Institute, Johns Hopkins, 1953; research oceanographer department oceanography, U. Washington, 1953-1954; associate professor oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1954-1959; professor, department chairman, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1959-1967; associate dean research, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1967-1976; associate dean oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1976-1978, 81; emeritus professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1981; director marine science center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1964-1972; oceanographer, London branch Office Naval Research, United States Navy, 1979-1980; science attache, American Embassy, New Delhi, India, 1986-1987. Member science expeditions to Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean Scripps Institutions Oceanography, 1955, 58, Canada Hudson expedition, 1970, British Royal Society expeditions, 1972, 77, 78, German expedition, 1973, Japanese expedition, 1975. Representative XIV Limnology Congress, Vienna, Austria, 1959.

Representative to United Nations Research Vessel Forum, Tokyo, Japan, 1961. Representative United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris, 1965. Member National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, 1971-1975.

Achievements

• Wayne Vincent Burt has been listed as a noteworthy oceanographer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee George Fox College, 1970-1973. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Commander Reserve; Fellow American Meteorological Society (council 1969-1971, executive committee 1972).

Member American Geophysical Union (president oceanography section 1964, ocean science award 1984), American Society Limnology and Oceanography (president Pacific section 1958, editorial board 1963-1964).

Connections

Married Grace Louise DuBois, January 15, 1941. Children: John Alan, Christine Louise, Laurence W., Darcy Jean.

Father:

John David Burt

Mother:

Mary Pearle (McDuffee) Burt

Spouse:

Grace Louise DuBois

child:

Christine Louise Burt

child:

Laurence W. Burt

child:

Darcy Jean Burt

child:

John Alan Burt