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MTR: Take us back to the origins, the early stages of your career. How did you get involved in the develop- ment of side scan sonar?MK: This is a special year for me so this question is time-ly. It was literally 50 years ago, I was a student at MIT and I had to do a thesis. It was my first introduction to the field. I was about to do a very theoretical thesis with lots of equations and calculations. Oddly enough it was about image processing. I didn?t want to do it. I wanted to build something. I like to build things. I always wanted to buildthings. I wanted to do something practical, and it turnedout by chance I knew of Harold Edgerton at MIT. He was the famous professor that developed the strobe light. I went into his lab on the fourth floor of a building at MIT and I asked him if he had anything interesting to work on. Little did I know it was to be a major day, my life was never the same after that. MTR: How was this a pivotal point for you? MK: Turns out Edgerton?s expertise was in cameras and strobe lights. He had been introduced to Jacques Cousteau a few years earlier. National Geographic intro- duced Cousteau, who wanted to make pictures in the deepest part of the ocean. Edgerton and Cousteau started Then... Klein in a sea of wires in his lab at MIT. 26MTRNovember/December 2011Does your work require the use of side scan sonar or sub-bottom profiling? Maybe you are dredging a harbor, looking for a site location for a pipeline, or trying to find an ancient shipwreck? If so then you have Marty Klein to thank for making your job easier. Known as the godfather of side scan sonar, he has been a key player in the development of this technology. A technology that has allowed scientists, engineers, and governments from around the world, explore the oceans depths with precision and ease. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Marty Klein?s auspicious beginnings as a graduate student at MIT working with the famed scientist, Dr. Harold E. ?Doc? Edgerton of EG&G International, Inc. Marine Technology Reporter?s Rhonda Moniz recently sat down with Mr. Klein at his home in Andover, Mass., to talk about his industrious career. MTR#9 (18-33):MTR Layouts 11/28/2011 9:49 AM Page 26