Awards & Winners

Walter Munk

Date of Birth 19-October-1917
Place of Birth Vienna
(Austria)
Nationality United States of America, Austria
Profession Scientist
Walter Heinrich Munk is an American physical oceanographer. He is professor of geophysics emeritus and holds the Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Operations Oceanography Chair at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.

Awards by Walter Munk

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1983


National Medal of Science for Physical Science
(For his unique contributions to the sciences of the geophysics and physical oceanography which have led to a better understanding of the earth's rotation, the complexities of ocean waves, tidal processes and acoustic propagation.)