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It All Adds Up

WHOI oceanographer Jim Ledwell has been selected as the winner of the2007 Alexander Agassiz Medal, awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Ledwell, a senior scientist in the Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, specializes in the use of chemical tracers to observe currents in the ocean. Established in 1913, the Agassiz Medal is awarded to an individual scientist for original and fundamental contributions to oceanography. The medal will be officially presented at an April 29 ceremony in Washington, DC. Past WHOI recipients of the Agassiz Medal include Henry Bigelow, Columbus Iselin, Alfred Redfield, Fritz Fuglister, John Steele, and Henry Stommel. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)