Anthony Laughton Author & Editor

Sir Anthony Laughton joined the NIO in 1955, following a PhD in marine geophysics at Cambridge and was Director of IOS (the successor of NIO) between1978-88. He has obtained numerous awards and was awarded knighthood for services to oceanography in 1987. Dr John Gould joined NIO in 1967 and was head of Marine Physics and Director of two projects until his retirement in 2002. Amongst his recent publications is Ocean Circulation and Climate (2001) Mr M.J. 'Tom' Tucker joined the Group G at the Admiralty Research Laboratory in 1944. He later moved to NIO and was awarded DSc in Biological Oceanography by UCL in 1998. Amongst his recent publications is Waves in Ocean Engineering (2001), edited with E.G. Pitt Prof. Howard Roe joined the Whale Research Unit at NIO in 1965, following a degree in Zoology at University College London. He was director of the Southampton Oceanography Centre from 1999 to his retirement in 2005.