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Bigelow Medal

DEC 01, 1962
Physics Today

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has awarded its Henry Bryant Bigelow Medal for distinguished contributions to the scientific study of the oceans to J. C. Swallow of the National Institute of Oceanography, Surrey, England. The $2500 award, which was established in honor of one of the founders of the Woods Hole establishment, was presented to Dr. Swallow for his studies of the circulations of the deep layers of the ocean.

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Volume 15, Number 12

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