People and Science
Biography:
Ellen Ochoa
Astronaut and inventor
"Graduated from Grossmont High School, La Mesa, California, in 1975; received a bachelor of science degree in physics from San Diego State University in 1980, a master of science degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1981 and 1985, respectively." - NASA
Essay:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil rights leader and Baptist pastor
"The Purpose of Education"
An essay written by Martin Luther King, Jr. while he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia, 1948.
Biography:
John Wesley Powell
Geologist, explorer, ethnographer and administrator
Powell, a disabled Civil War veteran, was the first leader of a scientific survey down the path of the Colorado River along the Grand Canyon. He was second Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, recognized the limited water supply in the arid western states and ended his career as founding Director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution.
Biography:
"Rick" Sturckow
Astronaut and test pilot
Born in La Mesa, considers his hometown Lakeside and graduate of Grossmont High School in San Diego. Commander of Space Shuttle Mission STS-117.
Wolf Berger
Wolf Berger who is Director of Earthguide and Professor of Oceanography at Scripps is both an geologist and oceanographer. He was once a graduate student at Scripps.
John Steinbeck
California author John Steinbeck may be most well known for The Grapes of Wratch about the plight of farm workers in the Central Valley during ... Did you know Steinbeck loved marine biology and wrote about his expedition to the Sea of Cortez?
John Steinbeck
California author John Steinbeck may be most well known for The Grapes of Wratch about the plight of farm workers in the Central Valley during ... Did you know Steinbeck loved marine biology and wrote about his expedition to the Sea of Cortez?
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