Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- The Emergence of the National Science Foundation as a Supporter of Ocean Sciences in the United States -- Achievements in Biological Oceanography -- Achievements in Chemical Oceanography -- Achievements in Physical Oceanography -- Achievements in Marine Geology and Geophysics -- Deep Submergence: The Beginnings of ALVIN as a Tool of Basic Research and Introduction of Featured Speaker Dr. Robert D. Ballard -- The History of Woods Hole's Deep Submergence Program -- A Chronology of the Early Development of Ocean Sciences at NSF -- Ocean Sciences at the National Science Foundation: Early Evolution -- Ocean Sciences at the National Science Foundation: An Administrative History -- Two Years of Turbulence Leading to a Quarter Century of Cooperation: The Birth of UNOLS -- Scientific Ocean Drilling, from AMSOC to COMPOST -- Technology Development for Ocean Sciences at NSF -- The Great Importance of "Small" Science Programs -- The Role of NSF in "Big" Ocean Science: 1950-1980 -- Major Physical Oceanography Programs at NSF: IDOE Through Global Change -- Major International Programs in Ocean Sciences: Ocean Chemistry -- The Future of Ocean Chemistry in the United States1 -- The Future of Marine Geology and Geophysics: A Summary1 -- Out Far and in Deep: Shifting Perspectives in Ocean Ecology -- Global Ocean Science: Toward an Integrated Approach1 -- Education in Oceanography: History, Purpose, and Prognosis -- Evolving Institutional Arrangements for U.S. Ocean Sciences -- NSF's Commitment to the Deep -- Fifty Years of Ocean Discovery -- Argo to ARGO -- The Importance of Ocean Sciences to Society -- APPENDIX A Symposium Program -- APPENDIX B Symposium Participants -- APPENDIX C Poster Session -- APPENDIX D NSF Division of Ocean Sciences: Senior Science Staff, Rotators, IPAs, and Visiting Scientists.

APPENDIX E Support of Ocean Sciences at NSF from 1966 to 1999 -- APPENDIX F Organizational Charts -- APPENDIX G NRC Project Oversight -- APPENDIX H Acronyms -- Index -- Plates.