Oceanographers Moving Forward
With Advanced Research Equipment
Oceanographers at Texas A&M
are throwing away their string.
In the past they have dabbled
in the deep with cords, chains,
cables and wire for samples and
data. Equipment is on the way
to take man where only instru
ments could reach before.
The vast knowledge to be un
folded may transform gloomy
depths where blind instruments
.groped.
Development o f subsurface
oceanic areas, believe Dr. Willis
E. Pequegnat and Dr. Horace R.
Byers', hinges on production of
deep-submersible vehicles. By
ers, dean of the College of Geo
sciences, predicts the advent “for
rather sensational deep trips.”
“I hope to see them within the
next few years,” said Pequegnat,
head of the only land - locked
oceanography department in the
U. S. A&M is one of seven U. S.
oceanography centers with bal
anced programs of instruction
and research.
Groups of men will be working
beneath the surface soon, and
living on the bottom for reason
able lengths of time, Pequegnat
believes. Recent Mohole devel
opments point the way.
“It must be approached with
the right tool s,” Pequegnat
warned.
“We’ve been working at the
surface, which is the worst
place,” he enlarged. Below the
surface is a ‘steady climate’ the
year around — away from wave
action and air turbulence. And
the temperature is constant.”
With the right equipment,
areas rich in oil, minerals, hydro
culture and of recreational value
will be within reach.
“More oil exploration is being
conducted on the continental
shelf than on land,” Byers said.
“Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
will extend into deeper waters.”
Pequegnat envisions submarine
hotels.
“An underwater hotel would
be extremely attractive. Quiet
ness and temperature consistency
would be unmatched anywhere
on earth. Constructed in clear
water next to a coral reef, the
panoramic view would be gor
geous,” he noted.
Texas A&M’s part in opening
this frontier lies in instruction
and research, with 64 students
currently in the all-graduate de
partment. Twenty-six are doc
toral candidates.
“That is a large number com
pared to the 39 graduates in
oceanography since the depart
ment started in 1949,” Pequegnat
said. All of the 64 graduate stu
dents have financial assistance.
A&M scholarships and grants,
state and federal fellowships and
scholarships and assistantships
from industrial grants support
graduate and faculty research.
Nine professors are involved
in research and teaching, Peque
gnat noted. The department in
cludes five non-academic assist
ants. Two men are located at
the Marine Lab in Galveston.
Technicians, crew of the research
vessel Alaminos and port offi
cials raise the number.
The 26 doctoral candidates are
now aligned with companies they
will work for following gradua
tion and their Ph.D. will be worth
$12,000 a year to start. Senior
oceanographers’ pay runs in the
mid-$20,000 range, Pequegnat
said.
Students come to A&M primar
ily from other universities. Only
five in oceanography are Texans.
Navy oceanographic labs and
post-graduate schools and gov
ernment agencies provide stu
dents. A&M is one of two in
structing research facilities on
the Gulf and is centrally located
to U. S. research installations on
east and west coasts.
A&M equipment includes the
180-foot converted freighter
“Alaminos,” two boats in the 60-
90 foot class and one 30-footer.
A&M is now building a craft
“from the keel up” for ocean
ographic research purposes. It
will be of twice the tonnage of
the Alaminos.
“We are just beginning to
realize' the potential of the sea,”
Pequegnat added. “And we are
now on the verge of intelligent
use of its resources, other than
for transportation or military
use. Indications are the need
for oceanographers will tend to
increase.”
Prospective oceanographers
need a background with emphasis
on basic sciences, such as a
bachelor degree in physics or en
gineering. The oceanographer
handles electronic instruments
which he should understand, and
he delves into topics concerning
chemistry, physics, biology and
geology which will require mathe
matics, a sharp, imaginative
mind and the ability to synthesize
models, Pequegnat continued.
“We expect each student to
take physical, chemical, biologi
cal and geological oceanography,”
he said, “then move into his field
of special training to get depth
and understanding.”
Research at A&M is aimed at
the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf is
the ninth largest body of water
in the world. Texas has 600
miles of coast, one of the largest
ports in the world at Houston and
many others of moderate size.
“We are beginning to get a
picture of the Gulf,” Pequegnat
said, “its history, origin, the role
of sediment in building conti
nental shelf and how it is en
croaching on deeper water.”
“We are striving to discover
functioning from the sub-bottom
up to the surface and lower at
mosphere. The Gulf is ‘our
sea.’ ”
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FAMILY BUSINESS: STUDYING
Ann and Tommy Durham go about the family business af
ter classes at Allen Academy and Texas A&M. He is an
education major and son of Carl Wilson Durham, owner of
business colleges in 13 cities in three states.
School Czar’s Son
Plans Big Future
The son of an educational czar
studying at Texas A&M has
plans of his own.
Thomas Carroll Durham, 22, is
son and partner of Carl Wilson
Durham, owner of business col
leges across the Southwest.
He works on business college
books during weekends at the
elder Durham’s ranch near Lex
ington. But the budding busi
ness tycoon considers his educa
tion a fulltime proposition right
now.
Durham and his bride of three
weeks, the former Ann Powell
of Bellaire, put in full days with
the books.
He is a senior education ma
jor. Mrs. Durham is a sopho
more at Allen Military Acad
emy’s junior college in Bryan
and plans to study psychology at
A&M.
“Education is the thing,” Dur
ham believes. “My goal is to get
into the business college, help it
grow and go north.”
The Durhams have 13 business
colleges in San Antonio, Hous
ton, Pasadena, El Paso, Victoria,
Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Phoe
nix and Tucson, Ariz., and San
Diego, Calif. They are scouting
Monterey, Guadalajara and Mex
ico City and want to spread
northward.
Technical schools offering
welding, auto transmission, com
puter and radio-television-elec
tronics training are underway in
Houston.
“I’m auditing animal hus-
Former Dean Here
Named OSU Head
A former Texas A&M dean has
been elected president of Okla
homa State University at Still
water.
Dean of Students at A&M in
1955-58, Dr. Robert B. Kamm
succeeds Dr. Oliver S. Williams
who retires June 30.
The Board of Regents elected
Kamm after six months of study
for an administrator to head Ok
lahoma’s land grant institution.
OSU has an enrollment of 15,079.
Kamm, 47, has been dean of
arts and sciences at Oklahoma
State for seven year. He is chair
man-elect of the executive com
mittee on the council for acad
emic affairs of the National As
sociation of State Universities
and Land Grant Colleges. He was
active in civic affairs in Bryan
and College Station during his
tenure at A&M.
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bandry courses at A&M. Ann
and I have a ranch of our own —
but only a couple of donkeys. I
want to get into the field,” he
noted.
An archery buff, Durham will
remain at A&M for graduate
work. He once planned to com
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studies at an Ivy League school.
“I chose A&M not only because
it’s the finest school in Texas,
but because it’s close to the
ranch, and our fields are leaning
toward technical fields,” he said.
Tommy studied military sci
ence at Allen Academy before
coming to A&M. At ROTC
camp at Fort Sill, he was second
in his summer camp company.
“I like the military method,”
Durham said, “and believe I
could thrive under it. But start
ing graduate work immediately
is most important.”
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Kenneth Dawson of the Na
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