Vol. 6, No. 2 Fall 1988

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Announced During their recent meeting, the DUML Advisory

Board announced the beginning of an endowment named in honor of John D. Costlow, Jr. In making the announcement, Richard Seale, Chairman of the Board said, ''for any beginning, there is a past and that past is the bridge between today and tomorrow. The hardest thing to do is to search for this new begin­ning, and this is just what John Costlow has accomplished'' .

In accepting the gift, Dr. Costlow reminded us of I Corinthians, 13. The Faith which has been shown in Duke, DUML and the Costlows in setting forth in doing the things we needed to do. The Hope to achieve these goals. The Love which must be part of the ef­fort. With these ingredients, we could not fail.

The endowment has been designated for use at the Director's discretion.

Since DUML emerged as a year-round facility in the early '60s, virtually all of the marine science programs of Duke University have been located at Beaufort. In response to a challenge from University officials, in the next few years we may see an expan­sion of the present program to include, in a two-phase sequence, the development of a program in oceanography and limnology, which merges a far larger number of interested staff and a broad spectrum of schools and departments in Durham.

A great deal of deliberation has gone into identifying the ''Duke University Program in Oceanography and Limnology'' (DUPOL). Primary emphasis will be the performance and in­tegration of high quality research and teaching to include the com­munity of scholars within the entire University who have an in­terest in ocean and lake sciences.

In its first phase, the curriculum will be expanded to include a core sequence in biological, chemical, geological, and physical oceanography. A number of existing courses will continue to be offered; and appropriate courses in engineering, environmental studies, and neurobiology will be added. The program will also require adding faculty in both chemical and physical oceanog­raphy to complement the existing staff.

Phase 2, which will require additional faculty at the assistant professor level, will provide the base for a graduate degree pro-

gram and the acceptance of graduate students directly to the pro­gram in addition to graduate students through the traditional departments of the University.

It is anticipated that the undergraduate program will continue with a fall term and that the normal complement of courses of­fered during the summers will be confined to Terms I and III. Summer Term II will be retained for special programs, which may continue into Summer Term ill for field work, special experi­mental studies, or development of position papers as with the Lynde. and Harry Bradley Foundation Program in Enviromental Studies.

Proposed restructuring of the faculty and programs in research and teaching include recommended procedures for the appoint­ment and renewal of research-track faculty in addition to those directly affiliated with DUPOL. It is apparent that many faculty resident in Durham, having met in early October to discuss the proposed program, represent a University-wide interest and in­volvement. In the near future, details of the proposed program will be submitted to the University authorities for their considera­tion. Appropriately, DUPOL will provide a focus and format for expansion of the second half-century of DUML.

Summer Activities The summer months were, as usual, quite busy at DUML.

Along with the traditional three summer sessions for graduates and undergraduates, several other ongoing programs continued during the summer of 1988. These included the sixth year of the Office of Naval Research's High School Apprenticeship Program, the second year of the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates and the fourth year of the Duke Talent Identification Program.

The COCOS lecturer this past summer was Dr. Grace Brush of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The theme for her five­seminar series was ''Environmental History: The Stratigraphic History".

The summer brought a new program to the Marine Laboratory. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation of Wisconsin funded a 10-week internship for seven graduate students from Duke's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (FES). The focus of the program is the local, state and national policies that affect the coastal environment. Students participated in the Marine Policy course in Term II. Working closely with Drs. John Costlow, Lynn Maguire and Mike Orbach during Term III, they produced research papers on problems associated with sewage treatment and disposal in coastal areas. This program represents the first cooperative effort between DUML and FES.

The social highlight of the summer was the 4th of July picnic. Teams of students and staff played horseshoes, volleyball, and shuffleboard. The no-boat races and balloon battleship contests were enjoyed by both those on shore and those in the water. The philosophy of Doc Pearse still reigns at DUML; ''We work hard; we play hard".

nnual Fund Drive xceeds It is a pleasure to inform you that the 1987-88 Annual Fund

Drive surpassed our goal of $72,000 by $5,440. This is in spite of the fact that the goal was 17% more this year than was raised in 1986-87!

During the years in which there has been an Annual Giving Drive, the number of contributors has increased each year. Furthermore, as shown below, the total amount given by friends of DUML has also increased.

Number of Year Contributors Amount 83/84 300 $17,500 84/85 315 22,638 85/86 371 28,021 86/87 525 61,492 87/88 568 77,440

Dr. John D. Costlow, Director of DUML, has asked me to serve again, for the sixth year, as Chairman of the DUML Annual Fund Drive. I have accepted because I continue to be concerned about the future of the Marine Laboratory, as I know our many friends are. We have set a goal of $90,000 for the upcoming Drive. This is a 15% increase over the contributions for 1987/88.

It is encouraging that our friends are also increasing their contributions to scholarships, fellowships, and endowments. The total of gifts received in 1987-88 was $137,353. It will, however, be years before the income from these accounts will render DUML self-sufficient in these areas. The future success of our Laboratory depends upon a total endowment of at least $10 million dollars. We are deeply appreciative of the contributions received last year:

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Endowment C. G. Bookhout Scholarship Friends of DUML Endowment Deborah S. Steer Scholarship Melanie Lynn Scholarship Laura Grierson Scholarship Smith Holcomb Endowment Kenneth Close Endowment Robert W. Safrit Fellowship Anne F. & Alexander McMahon End. Lawrence E. Blanchard Endowment Rachel Carson Fellowship Thomas Powell Endowment

No. of

Donors 78 15 7 4 4 1 2 2 6 3

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Amount Contributed 1987-1988 $ 9,829

5,676 285

13,811 310

10,000 2,000

50,000 7,310

25,182 2,950

10,150 Sponsored research conducted at the Laboratory pays for its

expenses through overhead. The majority of the remaining revenues comes from tuition, but the costs of educating students exceed that income. The only viable solution seems to be to in­crease the funds for the Annual Giving Program, scholarships, fellowships and undesignated endowments. These endowments could be used for academic programs, academic equipment, small vessels, and professorships. Hence, we hope the current drive for Annual Giving will reach our goal and the contributions for endowments will surpass the amount received in the 1987-88 Drive.

We thank the Advisory Board and all our donors for their past contributions and the interest shown in the Duke University Marine Laboratory.

C. G. Bookhout Professor Emeritus in Zoology

1988-1989 Annual Fund Chairman

AWA s Two ofDUML's Beaufort natives, Gerald Godette and Curtis

Oden, have been named recipients of Presidential Awards by Duke University.

Gerald Godette, who received an Honorable Mention in the Professional/Technical category, was recognized at the Quarter Century Banquet held at the Cameron Indoor Stadium on October 13. After obtaining a bachelor's degree from the N.C. A & T State University in 1973, Gerald was concerned over the possibility of having to leave his home town of Beaufort to find employment. Having gathered some research experience at the

adjacent NMFS lab during his summers, he was hired at the Marine Laboratory and has continued to grow in expertise and has become an outstanding asset to the research programs.

Gerald has many outside interests, including soccer, working with minority childrens' groups, and singing in the church choir.

Curtis Oden, Deck Engineer on the R/V CAPE HATTERAS, received Top Performer in the Service/Skilled Crafts category. He joined the DUML family as a ''temporary'' seaman in 1964, and, since that time, has served as seaman, warehouseman, and bosun. Curtis, with his 6' 6 ", 270-pound frame, is fondly known as the ''gentle giant. '' A former scientist on a research cruise, when asked what qualifications should be met in the building of a new research vessel, responded that we should simply ''build it around Curtis;" he is that valuable to the program.

Curtis is well respected in the Beaufort community. He and his wife Mamie have reared six children, five of whom have graduated from college, with their youngest being a sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill.

ANNUAL SERVICE A WARDS BANQUET HONORS 278 YEA S SERVICE

On August 13, DUML honored its employees who have served the University for five, ten, fifteen, twenty or twenty-five years. Seventeen employees, with service totaling 278 years, were recognized at this event. The Master of Ceremonies Joe Ramus, after welcoming everyone, began by presenting the Outstanding Attendance A wards, followed by recognition of James Willis who retired in the spring of 1988.

An award for five years was presented to Tom Johnson, Patty Nolin and Jay Venger; awards for ten years went to Gail Can­non, Don Gagnon, Joe Ramus, Orville Weeks, and Belinda Williford; fifteen years to Celia Bonaventura, Gerald Godette, Bill Runnings, and Ellen Jones; and twenty years to Cindy Baldwin, John Gutknecht, Dot Johnson, Eric Nelson, and Sophia Turnage. Joe was assisted in his presentations by Cindy Baldwin, Personnel Manager, and Morgan Ahlers, who entertained us with music from the year in which each employee began work at Duke.

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Cliff Davis was inducted into the Quarter Century Club for having served twenty-five years with the Marine Lab. He was presented with a gold watch and plaque to the 1963 sound of Ernest Tubbs singing, ''Thanks A Lot. '' The presentations ended on this note, and it seemed to express the feelings of most in attendance - ''thanks a lot'' for the great job all of the honored employees have done over the years.

Preceding the presentations, cocktails and a scrumptuous seafood buffet were served. Afterwards the staff enjoyed dancing well into the wee hours.

A celebration such as this is a shining example of how D UML employees are dedicated to the "team effort" that is so important to the Marine Lab.

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Memories of ' s The invitations were mailed, the plans were

made, the food was prepared, and the weather cooperated beautifully. All was ready for the celebration of DUML's 50th Anniversary.

People came from far and wide. Friday was filled with returning alumni sharing with us their achievements since leaving DUML.

Saturday afternoon the Marine Corps Band entertained. Betty sang an unforgettable ren­dition of the Star Spangled Banner, assisted at the appropriate times with cannon fire from Sin bad the Pirate. President Brodie talked of the past and the future. Senator Sanford and

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nnn>ersary Congressman Jones spoke glowingly about the Marine Laboratory's accomplishments. Dr. Ebert of the National Academy of Sciences and Dr. Mac Cormac, representing the State of North Carolina, spoke of the scientific ad­vances made at DUML.

Sea Level's rescue squad fed the multitude. It was a time of meeting new, and becoming reacquainted, with old friends. The sun set ending the day and the last of the revelers left the island. On Monday morning the next half century began.

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By Dr. C. G. Bookhout

DR. JOHN HALFMAN ('87 Ph.D. Geology) completed his doctoral degree in Geology in the fall of 1987 at DUML. His dissertation, ''High-Resolution Sedimentology and Paleoclima­tology of Lake Turkana, Kenya,'' was done under the direction of Dr. Thomas C. Johnson. John came to DUML from the Uni­versity of Minnesota, where he met his wife, BARBARA, and where both received their Master's Degrees under Dr. Johnson.

After receiving his Ph.D., John accepted the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by DUML. In August, he accepted a faculty position with the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. He will con­tinue to collaborate with Dr. Johnson on the African Lakes research with the recent award of an NSF grant.

TODD MARSHALL, a Senior Research Technician in the lab of Drs. Joe and Celia Bonaventura since 1981, has left DUML. Todd has accepted a position with Baxter Healthcare to pursue research on blood substitutes. He will be working with DR. MAR­THA FARMER, another former DUMLer. Todd was the founder of the infamous Grinning Hog Volleyball Team, a two-time Balloon Battleship victor, helped to reinstate Friday Happy Hours and was frequently seen competing on the croquet court with the likes of Joe Goy, Dr. Bookhout, and Dan Rittschof. Todd will be located in the Lake Country region of Illinois, about 45 miles northwest of Chicago.

MICHELE M. SHIVERS ('86 B.S. Zoology), who worked for the Marine Lab for two years as Academic Recruiter, will be married to Paul Santi in December. They will be moving to San Francisco after their wedding. Michele is attending graduate school this fall for a master's degree in psychology/counseling.

NANCY FREUND HELLER (Spring '77) has received her MBA from New York University, has married fellow Duke alum­nus Jeffrey Heller, and has a two-year old daughter. She is work­ing as an Assistant Investment Officer with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.

JON GRANT (Spring '75) is now a Research Associate at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. His research is in the area of marine benthos.

GENE ROSENBERG ('81 Ph.D. Yale) has recently accepted a postdoctoral position in the Biology Department of Laval University in Quebec, Canada, working on algae adjacent to sea ice with Prof. Louise Legendre.

TERRY L. WEST ('81 Ph.D. Zoology) is now associated with East Carolina University's Biology Department. As an in­vertebrate zoologist, he will continue his ecological studies of estuarine fish and invertebrates, and crustacean growth and development.

LION F. GARDINER (Summer '65) has taken a year leave from his position as a faculty member in Biological Sciences at Rutgers University to become a Faculty Fellow in the New Jersey Department of Higher Education.

JULIA PARRISH ('88 Ph.D. Zoology) passed her final ex­amination for the Ph.D. in September. Her thesis title was ''The Costs and Benefits of Membership in a Fish School.'' Her thesis advisor was Dr. Peter Klopfer, and her research was done at DUML.

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After a research cruise on our R/V CAPE HATTERAS in the latter part of September, she left for the University of California at Los Angeles where, in the Laboratory of Dr. William Hanner, she will do postdoctoral research on fish schooling.

ROBERT P. HIGGINS ('61 Ph.D. Zoology) As a James B. Duke Fellow, and under the direction of Dr. C. G. Bookhout, Dr. Higgins wrote his thesis on the Kinorhyncha. After receiv­ing his degree, he joined the Faculty of Wake Forest University. In 1968, he accepted a position with the Office of Oceanography at the Smithsonian Institution. The following year he moved his family to Carthage, Tunisia, where he became the Director of the Smithsonian's Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center. In 1971 he returned to Washington as the Director of the Oceanography and Limnology Programs, and administered international projects until late 1974, when the program ended. In 1978, he became a Curator in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, his present position.

He has been married to Gwen Litherland for 34 years. Gwen now works as a church secretary. Their son Scott, born at Duke in 1960, is deceased; their son Kent is completing his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Texas; their daughter Kim is a travel agent in Hampton, VA.

PATRICK NG'ANG'A('88 M.S. Geology) has left the DUML family far behind after receiving his Master's Degree in Geology in October. His thesis title is ''Sedimentation Off Delta and Border Faults in Northern Lake Malawi: Evidence from High-Resolution, Acoustic Remote Sensing and Gravity Cores. '' His doctoral ad­visor was Dr. Thomas C. Johnson. Patrick is now considering several job options and opportunites for collaborative research on the lakes of Africa with the Duke geology group.

WILLIAM HENLEY ('88 Ph.D. Botany) completed his doc­toral dissertation ''Physiological Response of Ulva to Changes in Growth Irradiance" at DUML in April1988. He is continu­ing at DUML as a Postdoctoral Associate on a three year NSF project entitled "Photoinhibition and the Ecology of Marine Macroalgae,'' under the direction of his doctoral advisor, Dr. Joe Ramus, and Dr. Barry Osmond of the Duke Botany Depart­ment. This project promises to improve the technological sophistication of investigating seaweed physiology. Both an in­door seaweed culture facility ("Phycotron") and computer­interfaced fluorescence- and photosynthesis-measuring in­struments are being constructed. He, his wife Terry, and son Sean, live in nearby Morehead City.

Mamre Gone How does a woman, born in Connecticut, spend the early por­

tion of her life in West Virginia, Canada, and White Plains, New York, and several years later find herself retiring as secretary to the Director DUML in Beaufort, NC? Combining the ex­periences of television, light opera, childrens' theater, ceramics and other forms of art with parenting and active membership in the Episcopal Church, Mamre, having served DUML for almost 15 years, might on occasion ask herself such a question.

Following an associate degree in the arts from Centenary Junior College in Hackettstown, N.J., she became involved with early efforts in the realm of television. In her off hours she volunteered her talents as a set designer, stage manager and technical direc­tor for the State Theatre of West Virginia.

Moving to Beaufort in 1972 with her son Chuck, she sought opportunities for further expression of her artistic talents. Involved in a variety of activities at St. Paul's Church, as a member of the choir, an acolyte, and President of the Church Women, she was also heavily involved in the reactivation of the Carteret County Arts Council. Privately, she directed her artistic skills to sketching old homes and water-related scenes so common to Eastern North Carolina.

In light of her past activities, only time can tell what may develop further when she begins another phase of life on Decem-

Ship's The CAPE HATTERAS has one cruise left in her 1988

schedule, a ten-day run to Bermuda in early November. She will then enter the shipyard in Norfolk. The crew will get to spend both Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays at home this year.

They also will spend 1989's New Year's Day, Ground Hog's Day and April Fool's Day at home. While the schedule for 1989 appears similar to 1988's in total days at sea- between 180 and 200- the ship won't start sailing until after April 1st. Then she leaves for the Sargasso Sea and the Lesser Antilles and returns to Beaufort at the end of May.

In June she has two five day cruises on the Carolina shelf and slope, a six day trip off the Chesapeake Bay, then heads north to Boothbay Harbor, Maine. From there, she'll make two round trips to Bermuda and then return home at the end of August.

In September she heads back up to the Gulf of Maine for two cruises and then it's back to Bermuda for 15 days in October. Finally, her last cruise in 1989 will be a repeat of her first cruise, a trip to the Sargasso Sea.

CAPE HATTERAS has a new crew member, Lester Salter from Davis. Lester graduated from Cape Fear Technical Institute's Marine Technology Program in 1987. We welcome Lester to the DUML community!

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ber 31, 1988! She intends to expand her artistic interests in terms of notecards and post cards, hand-colored prints, hand-painted clothing, and a variety of stuffed toys for children created and designed by Mamre.

Those of us who have been dependent upon her will miss her for a variety of reasons. Her ''corporate memory'' has assumed legendary proportions, and the goodwill which she generated on a day-to-day basis to all those with. whom she came in contact, from all over the world, will long be remembered. We wish her well and the sincere hope that still more exciting opportunities await her in her new endeavors.

ADVISORY BOARD

David M. Barringer

C. Leland Bassett '59

Charles F. Blanchard '47, L'49

Michael P. Bradley

Charles Bugg '47, H'54

Robert W. Carr

Arthur W. Clark

F. Nelson Blount Crisp

Susan S. Goodmon

C. Howard Hardesty Jr., '43

Watts Hill Jr.

A. Smith Holcomb '58

Amos R. Kearns Jr. '58

A. William Kennon '62, L'63

Henry 0. Lineberger Jr., '50

Diane L. McCallister

Anne F. McMahon '44

William C. Powell

Robert W. Safrit Jr. '31

Richard C. Seale '65

W. Mason Shehan '37

Fred Stanback '50

Katherine Goodman Stern '46

Norwood A. Thomas Jr. '55

Charles Byrd Wade Jr. '38

Stephen A. Wainwright '53

ADMINISTRATION

John D. Costlow, Director

Joseph S. Ramus, Assistant Director for Academic Programs

Joseph and Celia Bonaventura, Assistant Directors for Marine

Biomedical Programs

Dianne Gagnon, Business Manager

Photographs: Scott Taylor

DUML NEWS is published twice yearly for the alumni, friends and

parents of the Duke University Marine Laboratory.

From the Boathouse Dr. John Costlow

"The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of many things ----".Considering my 37 years of involvement, 21 as Director, the ''many things'' are too numerous to begin to consider. There is no question, however, that it has been the people, and their faith in DUML, that have made the difference. In the best of nautical traditions, it has been the individual interests and dedica­tion of the DUML ''crew'', be they academic or supportive, that will be remembered.

The maintenance supervisor, residing at the Laboratory, has been the one who, awakened at ridiculous hours by the alarms, has arisen to correct the failure. The maintenance crew suppor­tive in their quiet and effective way, have responded to the needs of resident scientific teaching staff in resetting breakers in the electrical system, operating the boats and outboard motors used in teaching and research and in maintaining the facilities and grounds.

The housekeeping staff, whose interests go far beyond their job description, have created an atmosphere that brought new students and visitors into the existing ''family'' relationship of the DUML community. The dining hall manager and staff, recognized the world over for their culinary skills, are also famous for their "extras": chocolate chip cookies and sweet rolls.

Within the areas of secretarial and accounting support, the staff has continued to meet proposal deadlines, provide the delicate balance in budgetary matters, and creatively resolve difficulties of countless university/governmental policies. Staff needs, be they for research or teaching, have always met a prompt response.

The dedication of the ship's crew and support staff of the R/V CAPE HATTERAS have established the reputation of the pro­gram far beyond that which might be expected of a 135 ' vessel.

The librarian, the electronics technician, and the photographer have provided information for eager minds, seen to it that complicated electronic equipment is maintained and repaired quickly, and accumulated a visual record essential to our teaching, research and long-term development programs.

The laboratory technicians have provided the basis for many of the academic staff research programs. The undergraduate and graduate students who, in reality, are the products of our efforts, go out into the far corners of the world representing the philosophy and base of knowledge of the entire DUML "crew".

As Ginny and I prepare to leave for Lisbon, exciting though it may be, it is equally exciting to know that I will return to the Laboratory that has been my home for almost four decades. It is not unreasonable to assume that in returning as a Professor of Zoology, dedicated once again to research and teaching, that I will have ample opportunity to add new names to this list of friends. It can only be hoped that they will be equal to those who have made the Laboratory what it is today and help it expand the reputation that it enjoys throughout the scientific communities of the world.

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