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is under new leadership today
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New Leader for A&M Sea Grant
Robert C. Stephenson, former executive director of
Ohio State University's Research Foundation, became
the new director of Texas A&M University's Center for
Marine Resources, headquarters for the university's Sea
Grant College Program, Wednesday, November 1.
"I am pleased to have been selected to assist in
the further development of marine resources and re-
lated programs of the university," Stephenson notes.
"The record of accomplishments and the reputation of
Texas A&M in these areas is well recognized."'
Stephenson succeeds John C. Calhoun, Jr., who has
been Sea Grant director since its beginning in 1968 and
director for the Center, established in 1971. In Septem-
ber 1971, under Calhoun's leadership, A&M received
Sea Grant designation, one of four universities named
in the nation at that time.
"Texas A&M is very fortunate to have a man of
Stephenson's caliber join our growing marine sciences
program," says Calhoun, who is now vice-president for
academic affairs at A&M. Stephenson's experience at
Ohio State in university-wide programs such as the
Lake Erie Research Center will be directly applicable to
the state-wide program for marine resources in Texas."'
As new director for the Center, Stephenson will
be considered the university spokesman for marine
resources, overseeing state-wide Sea Grant activities
and projects. Willis H. Clark, associate director of the
program, will assist Stephenson with his new duties.
Previously, Stephenson served nine years as the
executive director of Ohio State's Research Foundation
in Columbus. He was also executive director of the
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emy of Science in Washington, D. C., for eight years.
Among his areas of specialization are environ-
mental programs, interdisciplinary program planning,
graduate education, academic administration, academic
resources management and curriculum development.
Stephenson, a member of 11 scientific and tech-
nical societies, is a specialist in economic geology of
industrial and metallic minerals, structural geology and
general geology. He is listed in American Men of
Science and Who's Who. Stephenson has also had
related experience in scientific society management,
scientific information systems, science education, mag-
azine editing and fund raising.
Currently, he is serving his second three-year term
on the Committee on Governmental Relations of the
National Association of College and University Business
Officers. He has been a consultant to the Middle East
Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and to the
Federal University of Parana in Brazil.
Stephenson received an A.B. degree in geology in
1938 from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and his
Ph.D. degree in geology in 1943 from Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, Maryland.
During its four years of operation Sea Grant at
Texas A&M has invested more than $5.8 million in
programs of research, education and advisory services
aimed toward wise use and development of coastal and
marine resources. The Sea Grant Program is conducted
through seven colleges of the university, other educa-
tional institutions in the state and industry. Currently,
Sea Grant receives $1.5 million from the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the
U. S. Department of Commerce and $750,000 from
non-federal sources. *2
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