The Walter Munk Award
Awarded in Recognition of Distinguished Research in
Oceanography Related to Sound and the Sea

The Walter Munk Award is granted jointly by The Oceanography Society, the Office of Naval Research and the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy. Recipients are selected based on their:

• Significant original contributions to the understanding of physical ocean processes related to sound in the sea;
• Significant original contributions to the application of acoustic methods to that understanding; and/or
• Outstanding service that fosters research in ocean science and instrumentation contributing to the above.

The award consists of a medal designed by Judith Munk, a commemorative lapel pin, and a certificate bearing the signatures of the Chief of Naval Research and the President of The Oceanography Society.

Previous Recipients

• 2006: Peter F. Worcester, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
• 2003: H. Thomas Rossby, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, USA
• 2001: Robert C. Spindel, Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington 
• 1999: Robert Pinkel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
• 1997: Stephen A. Thorpe, Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
• 1996: Leonid M. Brekhovskikh, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
• 1994: David M. Farmer, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada
• 1993: Walter Munk, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA

Nominations consist of

• a nominating statement (no more than 5 pages),
• a suggested one-paragraph citation of no more than 100 words,
• an abbreviated CV of the nominee, and
• up to 5 additional letters of endorsement (2 page maximum) solicited by the master nominator (only one of which may be from the candidate’s institution -- international endorsements are encouraged).

The nomination deadline is October 31, 2008. All nominations should be submitted either as MS Word or Adobe PDF files to info@tos.org.