Talk:List of University of Hawaii alumni

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[edit] Move to category?

It seems like this article should be moved to a category instead. --Viriditas 05:57, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I think we should keep it the way it is. This is easier to find people than in a category and we can make notations on where the person is famous. Also, this is a way of listing people who may not have a page yet. Alumni pages are common for most large universities now including UCLA, Michigan State University, and the Ivys. Gmosaki 16:42, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UHAA Classnotes

UHAA Connections

[edit] Hidden Hometown Heroes (Oceanography)

You are also the director of the Center for Marine Exploration at Woods Hole Oceanographic Center.
What kinds of degrees do you have?

Bob Ballard :: I have several different degrees. I went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, right on the ocean. Beautiful place, I took two degrees there. Majored in chemistry and geology and I minored in math and physics. So I got a very good basis in the physical sciences.

When I was at Santa Barbara, I went into the Army ROTC program, so I had an Army commission. My graduate degrees are in geology and geophysics. When I finished my undergraduate degree in 1965, I went off to graduate school at the University of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics.

I trained porpoises and whales to make a living. I loved that. Then I transferred to the University of Southern California, and while at the University of Southern California, I was called into the military, during Vietnam. I requested to be transferred to a branch of service that would utilize my skills in oceanography.

They accepted it and Army intelligence transferred me into the United States Navy.