Ocean Studies Board Adopts A Float, Names It Trieste to Honor Don Walsh

Dr. Walsh, known for his historic 1960 descent 6.8 miles below the sea surface to Challenger Deep with Jacques Piccard aboard the submersible Trieste, was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 and served on the OSB from 2011 through 2016.

"When I first met Don, he expressed a strong interest in the work of the OSB and a desire to get more involved - great qualities to have in a board member," recalls Susan Roberts, director of the OSB. During his tenure with the board, Dr. Walsh was a member of the committee that conducted the OSB's first decadal survey of ocean science for the National Science Foundation (Sea Change: 2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences).