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Dr. Denis Fox, a distinguished biologist, joined the
staff from Stanford in 1931. His speciality was carotenoid
pigments in marine organisms, a number of
which exhibited the orange coloration indicative of the
long chain formula of carotenoid pigments. When I
took a graduate course from Dr. Fox my project was
to determine the effect of mussels on sedimentation. I
suspended 2 large bell jars adjacent to each other
on the end of the pier. One contained mussels and
the other contained rocks of equal size. The sediment
collected in the bottom of each jar was analyzed for
grain size and organic matter. The results were impressive
enough to receive a good grade in marine biology.
Graham Wallace Marks, known as Wally, joined
the staff about 1932 and worked as chemical physicist
in Dr. Fox's group. In 1935 he married Alice Holland,
the roommate of Katherine's. Shortly afterwards he
joined the U.S. Bureau of Mines in Salt Lake City,
and several years later joined me in the Marine
Environment Division at the Navy Electronics Laboratory.
He was a quiet, studious and very capable
scientist.
Earl Myers worked on his thesis under Dr. Fox in
the biology part of the Institute. Among other things
he studied the life cycle of foraminifera and actually
photographed the reproduction. His wife was a constant
co-worker.
Dr. Claude ZoBell was a marine bacteriologist,
a relatively new field. He: joined the staff in 1932
from Utah. He pioneered the field and was a prolific
writer. I took a course from him in bacteriology and
learned a great deal about these tiny bacteria and the
techniques of handling them in the laboratory.
Quentin Anderson was Dr. ZeBell's assistant. A large,
burly, heavy-set man but he could handle test tubes of
bacteria cultures with ease. Since Dr. ZoBell rarely
went to sea, Mr. Anderson conducted bacteriological
sam piing for him on cruises of the R/V Scripps. On
one cruise Quentin became seasick and was confined to
his bunk. At this time a large pelican landed on the
ship, and it may have been ill as well, so a couple
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