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Memorial Page for Walter Munk (née Walter Heinrich Munk)
Oct 19, 1917 – Feb 8, 2019(101 years)Died in:La Jolla, San Diego County
American oceanographer
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Walter Munk (* October 19, 1917 in Vienna; † February 8, 2019 in La Jolla) was an american oceanographer. He was 101 years old. His education included California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, University of California, Los Angeles and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Arthur L. Day Medal.
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11 EventsBorn in Vienna, Austria
1917Guggenheim Fellowship
1948Arthur L. Day Medal
1965Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1968Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
1970Alexander Agassiz Medal
1976National Medal of Science
1983William Bowie Medal
1989Vetlesen Prize
1993Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
1999Died in La Jolla, San Diego County
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Walter Munk (née Walter Heinrich Munk). Forever remembered.