Talk:Athelstan Spilhaus

Spilhaus’s oceanic projection
centered on Antarctica, the oceans form a single body of water — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greg.collver (talk • contribs) 06:52, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * It's mentioned in Interruption (map projection) but strangely enough not over here.

I've added a section on that now Ccferrie (talk) 09:20, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Untitled
I added the edu-comic strip, as I remembered it well, to "help the stub," After I did a double-take to make sure I had the right Mr. Spilhaus. I can see from the refs there's much more to say about Dr. Spilhaus, but this remains for those more qualified (who will also hopefully clean up the bits I added from the Googling I did).

I see he emigrated to the US in 1931, was decorated for his WWII contributions, our first ambassador to UNESCO, created the U.S. science exhibit at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (today's Pacific Science Center), was president of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1970 and was president of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia from 1967 to 1969, etc., but from what I can find on my own these would remain "citation needed"s.

Being familiar with bathythermographs and WHOI by my own service experience, I was surprised to find the man who wrote those futuristic strips I'd enjoyed as a kid had connections to both, plus lots more. Jeffreykopp 05:08, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

To avoid any possible confusion...
I also see that at the time of his death, his son A.F. Spilhaus Jr., was executive director of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Jeffreykopp 05:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Minnesota
It's weird that this didn't mention the years he spent in Minnesota until I added that tonight. Michael Hardy (talk) 07:09, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Known For- Our New Age
While the article mentions him authoring the comic Our New Age, I would argue that it is as important when discussing the man as is the bathythermograph and belongs next to the invention on the Known For section. While useful, the invention has a somewhat limited application that only those in a particular field would appreciate. The comic, on the other hand, was seen weekly in major papers for 16 years. So while Dr Spilhaus is known in the field of oceanography for the bathythermograph, the majority of people (at least those that know who he is) would probably recognize the comic. So if there aren't any complaints, I'd like to add the comic to the list. MeDrewNotYou (talk) 16:54, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

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Philadelphia
Athelstan Spilhaus served as president of the Franklin Institute, an educational and research organization, in Philadelphia from 1967-1969. I remember attending a function there as an undergraduate college student and meeting him. I remember him being from Minnesota. It was definitely the same person.

I leave it to others to decide whether his tenure there was significant enough to include in this article.

Russell — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:4B:580:71A0:4059:1ECC:BA94:BA02 (talk) 19:22, 15 January 2020 (UTC)