Organizations Filed Purposes:
MISSION IS TO CONTINUE WALTER MUNKS LEGACY OF DARING EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OCEAN CONSERVATION.
THE MAP OF THE GRAND CANYONS OF LA JOLLA IS A 2,434 SQUARE FOOT LITHOMOSAIC EDUCATIONAL TOOL DEPICTING THE UNDERWATER PARK AND ECOLOGICAL RESERVES JUST OFFSHORE. IT FEATURES 119 LOCAL LIFE-SIZED SPECIES, MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, LOCAL DIVE SITES AND FEATURES, BATHYMETRY OF THE CANYONS. IT IS LOCATED IN KELLOGG PARK BETWEEN THE CHILDRENS PLAYGROUND AND THE SOUTH COMFORT STATION ADJACENT TO WALTER MUNK WAY. IT IS A MAJOR COMMUNITY EFFORT OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE AND WILL BE A VAULABLE RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS, LOCALS, AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FRAGILITY OF OUR OCEANS ECOSYSTEMS WHILE ENCOURAGING ACTIVE STEWARDSHIP.
WALTER AND MARY MUNK FOUNDED WMFO TO CONTINUE WALTERS LEGACY OF DARING EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OCEAN CONSERVATION. ON OCTOBER 18TH, THE WALTER MUNK FOUNDATION FOR THE OCEANS (WMFO) HONORED WALTER MUNKS LIFE AND LEGACY WITH A CELEBRATION OF LIFE MOERATED BY RDML TIM GALLAUDET, PH.D., USN RET. FOLLOWED BY A PADDLE OUT ON OCTOBER 19TH FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE HIS LEGACY LED BY KIMOKEO KAPAHULEHUA, A HAWAIIAN LEGEND AND CLOSE FRIEND OF WALTERS.
WALTER MUNK VISITED ALTAUSSEE IN AUGUST 2018 TO ARRANGE FOR AN EXPEDITION TO STUDY LAKE ALTAUSSEE IN THE SPRING OF 2019, HIS WAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH HE LOVED, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE LAKE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO PRESERVE ITS PRISTINE ALPINE TREASURE. IT WAS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH EFFORT TO OBTAIN A BETTER SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF LAKE APTAUSSEE IN TERMS OF ITS CULTURAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. ERWIN HEINE, PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCE IN VIENNA WAS THE PI OF THE EXPEDITION. DIMITRI DEHEYN, PH.D., FROM SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY JOINED US TO FURTHER HIS STUDY OF PLASTICS AND THEIR IMPACT IN THE LAKE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. IN ADDITION, WE WORKED WITH CHILDREN FROM TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA AND ARE ARRANGING A STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNSHIP IN DIMITRI DEHEYNS LAB AT SCRIPPS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Walter Munk | PRESIDENT | 40 | $0 |
| Damien Leloup | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 20 | $0 |
| Andrew Clark | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Paula Selby | CFO | 2 | $0 |
| Julie Scarpella | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Chris Verlinden | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| George Orbelian | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Mary G Jameson | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
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