Talk:List of University of Hawaii alumni

Move to category?

It seems like this article should be moved to a category instead. --Viriditas 05:57, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I think we should keep it the way it is. This is easier to find people than in a category and we can make notations on where the person is famous. Also, this is a way of listing people who may not have a page yet. Alumni pages are common for most large universities now including UCLA, Michigan State University, and the Ivys. Gmosaki 16:42, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

UHAA Classnotes

• UHAA Connections

Hidden Hometown Heroes (Oceanography)

You are also the director of the Center for Marine Exploration at Woods Hole Oceanographic Center.
What kinds of degrees do you have?

Bob Ballard :: I have several different degrees. I went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, right on the ocean. Beautiful place, I took two degrees there. Majored in chemistry and geology and I minored in math and physics. So I got a very good basis in the physical sciences.

When I was at Santa Barbara, I went into the Army ROTC program, so I had an Army commission. My graduate degrees are in geology and geophysics. When I finished my undergraduate degree in 1965, I went off to graduate school at the University of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics.

I trained porpoises and whales to make a living. I loved that. Then I transferred to the University of Southern California, and while at the University of Southern California, I was called into the military, during Vietnam. I requested to be transferred to a branch of service that would utilize my skills in oceanography.

They accepted it and Army intelligence transferred me into the United States Navy.

• Source: Academy of Achievement

RJBurkhart 00:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)