Walter Munk

American oceanographer (1917-2019).

Born October 19th, 1917 in Vienna.

Died February 8th, 2019 at 101 years old in La Jolla.

Occupations
geophysicist, oceanographer, physicist, university teacher
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner