Presentation of the 1965 Arthur L. Day Medal to Walter H. Munk

摘要

I was asked last night "Who is Walter Munk?". Walter Munk has never publishedudin our Bulletin. This may be the first meeting of our Society he has attended.udHis membership I believe, begins today. Yet Arthur L. Day would have been pleasedudwith the selection of Walter Munk as the 1965 Day Medalist—and for good reason.udWalter Munk's interests and contributions range from oceanography to the mechanicaludproperties of the earth. He brings a fresh point of view to classic problems andudopens new fields. His approach varies with the subject. It is experimental when newuddata are needed; Munk will not hesitate to conceive and build in his own laboratory,udas he is now doing, a mid-ocean tide gage, displacement meters, strain and tiltmeters,udto measure tectonic movements. His approach is also theoretical and numericaludwhen data remain to be analyzed or explained. Munk was among the first in theudearth sciences to exploit high speed electronic computers.ud