University of Rhode Island. Graduate School of Oceanography.

The Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) of the University of Rhode Island began as the Narragansett Marine Lab in Narragansett, R.I. in 1936. In 1960 it was renamed the Fish Oceanographic Lab after its founder Charles Fish. The GSO was established in 1961 and ten years later, under the direction of Dean John A. Knauss, and with the legislative aid of Senator Claiborne Pell, it achieved Sea Grant College status.

From the description of Oral history interviews, 1999 [videorecording]. (University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston). WorldCat record id: 47032562

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