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Fuller Name
- Willard N.
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1916-11-07
Death Date
- 2000-09-20
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Project Mohole
- Organization: (naf) Capricorn Expedition (1953-1953)
- Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Organization: National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Associated Locale
- San Diego (Calif.)
Field of Activity
Occupation
(naf) Oceanographers
(naf) Engineers
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Sources
- found: His A hole in the bottom of the sea, 1961.
- found: The New York times, Oct. 10, 2000:obituaries (Willard Bascom; scientist and leader in deep-sea exploration; d. Sept. 20, 2000 in San Diego at age 83)
- found: Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1916)
- found: Contemporary authors, volumes 1-4, first revision, 1967:(Willard N. Bascom, b. Nov. 7, 1916; president, Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc., Washington, D.C.)
- found: Willard Bascom papers, 1938-2000:finding aid (Willard Bascom was a research engineer and oceanographer who pioneered a number of deep sea drilling and salvage projects. He joined the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1951 as a Research Engineer. While at SIO, he accompanied the 1953 Capricorn Expedition as Senior Scientist. In 1954 he joined the staff at the National Science Foundation, where he spearheaded the preliminary phases of Project Mohole, the first proposed attempt to drill through the earth's crust. Bascom founded two companies: Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc. (OSE), an undersea mineral resources excavation company, and Seafinders Inc., which discovered the wreck of the Nuestra Senora de la Maravillas Spanish treasure galleon in the Bahamas in 1972. Bascom received the Explorer's Club Medal for his contributions to deep water archaeology and geophysics in 1980. He died in San Diego in 2000.)
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Change Notes
- 1980-07-17: new
- 2023-09-09: revised
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