Wheeler J. North Papers, 1959-1999

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Wheeler J. North Papers, 1959-1999

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The papers of Wheeler J. North, Caltech alumnus (BS, biology, 1950; BS, electrical engineering, 1944)and Professor of Environmental Engineering, 1963-1992. The papers include correspondence and memos, data books, proposals and reports, and miscellaneous printed matter relating to his career in marine biology and ecology, with emphasis on the kelp beds of California.

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California Institute of Technology. Archives.

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California Institute of Technology

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North, Wheeler J.

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Biography Wheeler J. North, Caltech alumnus and Professor of Environmental Engineering, 1963-1992, was a marine biologist and ecologist as well as a pioneer in scientific SCUBA diving. He was born in 1922 in San Francisco and spent his childhood in Mexico and La Jolla, California. After attending Caltech as an undergraduate (BS, engineering, 1944), he joined the army for the US occupation of Japan, during which time he became interested in bi...