University of California, San Diego. Ad Hoc Committee on SIO's Newest Research Vessel.
On Jan. 20, 1976 UCSD Chancellor W. D. McElroy appointed an Ad Hoc Committee to work with naval architects Rudolf F. Matzer & Associates to design a 160 ft. research vessel for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The vessel was designed as a replacement for R/V Alexander Agassiz. When it was completed in 1978, it was named R/V New Horizon. The Ad Hoc Committee originally included SIO Director William Nierenberg (Chair), P. S. Branson, Robert L. Fisher, R. R. Hessler, O. Holm-Hansen, H. D. Johnson, Robert A. Knox, George L. Matson, and Richard Schwartzlose.
From the description of Records, 1976-1978. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18810831
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| creatorOf | University of California, San Diego. Ad Hoc Committee on SIO's Newest Research Vessel. Records, 1976-1978. | University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library |
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