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Geophysical
Union, the
Acoustical Society of America and the
Marine Technology
Society, and a member of the
Maritime
Historical Society, the Society for
Industrial
Archeology, Sigma
Xi and Phi Beta
Kappa. During 1990-92 he was president of the
Ocean Sciences section of the
American Geophysical Union and chaired its Fellows Committee in 1994-96. He was also an active mem- ber of the Scholia Club of San Diego.
In 1965 he was awarded the
Franklin Institute's Wetherill Medal for his role in the development of
FLIP. He received the Marine
Technology Society's Distinguished
Achievement Award in 1971. He was presented the U.S. Navy's highest award for scientific achievement, the
Captain Robert Dexter Conrad
Award, in 1974 for "outstanding achievement in planning, conducting and administration of research and development."
In 1980 the American Association for the Advancement of Science awarded Spiess and his coauthors the
Newcomb Cleveland Prize for the outstanding paper published in
Science that year. In 1983 he received the Maurice Ewing medal from the
American Geophysical Union and the
U.S. Navy for outstanding contribu- tions to marine geophysics. In 1985 he was awarded the Acoustical
Society of America's Pioneers of
Underwater Acoustics medal and the
Lockheed Award for Ocean Science and Engineering from the Marine
Technology Society.
In 1985 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for significant breakthroughs in ocean engineering, including the development of FLIP, Deep Tow and precision benthic navigation. In 1990 he received the Navy Distinguished
Service Award for leadership in ocean technology. Most recently, he was awarded the 2006 Distinguished
Technical Achievement Award from the Oceanic Engineering Society of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers "for six decades of advances in ocean engineering while developing sea-going research tools." His daughter Kathy Dallaire will accept the award on his behalf on
September 20.
Spiess served the University of
California Academic Senate both locally and UC-wide. At UC San
Diego, he was chair of the
Committee on
Planning and
Budget during 1986-88, the
Graduate
Council in 1983- 84, the
Committee on
Privilege and
Tenure in the 1970s and chair of the San Diego
Division in 1985- 86. He served as vice chair and chair of the UC-wide
Academic Council and Assembly in 1988-89 and 89-90, respectively, including acting as one of the two faculty representatives on the UC
Board of Regents during that period.
From 1998 to 2001 he chaired the
UC Academic Senate Task Force for the startup of UC's new campus at
Merced. His contributions in this arena were recognized in 2000 with the Oliver Johnson Award for out- standing service to the Academic
Senate. At Scripps he served on and chaired many committees, including
Scripps Staff Council (1962-64). He was a leader in the restoration of the historic Old Scripps Building, includ- ing serving on the Building
Restoration Committee (1976-87).
He was awarded the UC San Diego
Campus Ministry Award for academ- ic leadership in 1989.
In addition to his university and civic activities, he was the moderator of the Congregational Church of La
Jolla during 1984-85, and served for many years as the church's financial secretary. people & companies
Fred Spiess, David Chadwell, John Hildebrand.
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