Dr. Fred Spiess

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Born: 1919-12-25 · Oakland, California, USA

Fred Spiess was a pioneering American oceanographer, naval officer, and marine engineer. A graduate of UC Berkeley (B.S. and Ph.D.) and Harvard (M.S.), he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II before joining the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1952. Spiess developed groundbreaking deep‑…