#60;span style="font-family: #8242;Arial#8242;,#8242;sans-serif#8242;; font-size: 10pt;"#62;Charlie Miller, now Emeritus Professor of Oceanography at Oregon State University, taught biological oceanography and zooplankton biologynbsp;for many years.nbsp; His research contributions have concentrated on seasonal processes in the ecology of marinenbsp;zooplankton, particularly copepods, in the Oregon coastal zone andnbsp;estuaries, the Gulf of Alaska, Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine.nbsp;nbsp; #60;/p#62;#60;p#62;#60;span style="font-family: #8242;Arial#8242;,#8242;sans-serif#8242;; font-size: 10pt;"#62;Patricia Wheeler, now Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Oceanic and Atmospheric… Sciences at Oregon State University, taught biological oceanography and phytoplankton physiology there for many years. Her research contributions address phytoplankton nutrient dynamics and include work on dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen.#60;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"#62;nbsp; She conducted field work in the Equatorial Pacific, the northern California Current system and the Arctic Ocean.#60;/p#62;