Roger Revelle Award

The Roger Revelle Perpetual Award is given annually to a San Diegan who has made a significant contribution to man's ability to coexist with the marine environment. It is intended to recognize not only scientists, but also individuals from academia, industry, the military, recreation and philanthropy who take the initiative in helping to resolve ocean issues and to encourage stewardship of ocean resources. The award is named for the late Dr. Roger Revelle, a past director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the impetus behind the founding of the University of California San Diego. More on Roger Revelle

The recipient's name is placed on the perpetual award. The trophy consists of a hand-carved wooden Garibaldi and associated habitat mounted on a pedestal trophy base. Internationally renowned marine artist Bob Berry carved the sea life sculpture.

Dr. Ed Parnell 2010 Roger Revelle Recipient

The San Diego Oceans Foundation is pleased to award the 2008 Perpetual Roger Revelle Award to Ed Parnell in recognition for his contributions in promoting ocean stewardship. Ed grew up in San Diego cutting his teeth on the snorkel given to him by his big sister for his fourth birthday. He's been hooked on everything marine ever since spending much of his youth fishing and diving. Despite professing to be an adult, not much has changed, because Ed turned his passion into a career as a research scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His research interests encompass the ecology of coastal shelf environments focusing on the interaction between the fluid environment and the biology of these ecosystems and the effects we are having on the coastal zone. As an avid ocean user who embraces its integrity, aesthetic nature, and beauty, Ed is an advocate of wise ocean stewardship based on sustainable human practices that affect the oceans including our use of the watersheds that drain into it, the re-engineering of its margins, the pollutants that settle into it from the atmosphere, the sewage we discharge into it, the food that we rely on from it, and all the services that it faithfully provides us.

Previous Roger Revelle Honorees

2009 Howard and Michele Hall
2008 Paul Dayton
2007 H.P. "Sandy" Purdon
2006 Mr. Dick Long
2005 Mrs. Leigh Taylor Johnson
2004 San Diego's Think Blue Team: Ernie Anderson, Karen Henry, Deborah Castillo
2003 Mr. John Robertus
2002 Captain, Charles Bishop (ret)
2001 Mr. James R. Stewart
2000 Dr. Walter H. Munk
1999 Dr. Andreas Rechnitzer
1998 Mr. Arthur DeFever
1997 Mr. Milton Shedd
1996 Dr. James Joseph
1995 Mr. Frank Powell
1994 Mr. F. Seth Brown
1993 Mr. Robert Fletcher
1992 Mr. Peter Seligman
1991 Dr. Joy Zedler
1990 Dr. John Hunter
1989 Dr. Edward Goldberg
1988 Dr. William Evans