You're Invited: Renowned Oceanographer Dr. 西尔维娅·厄尔 to Speak at Foxcroft

Dubbed the “First Hero for the Planet” by 《威尼斯彩票游戏》杂志 and a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, Dr. Earle is the President and Chairman of 蓝色的使命, an Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society, Founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research Inc. (人), Chair of the Advisory Council for the Harte Research Institute, and former Chief Scientist of NOAA.

She is the subject of the Emmy® Award Winning Netflix documentary 蓝色的使命 和 recipient of more than 100 national and international honors and awards, including being named a 2014 UNEP Champion of the Earth, 魅力 Magazine’s 2014 Woman of the Year, member of the Netherlands Order of the Golden Ark, and winner of the 2009 TED Prize, the Walter Cronkite Award, the 1996 Explorers Club Medal, the Royal Geographic Society 2011 Patron’s Medal, 和 National Geographic 2013年哈伯德奖章.

The author of more than 225 publications and leader of more than 100 expeditions with over 7,500 hours underwater, Dr. Earle is a graduate of Florida State University with M.A. 和Ph值.D. degrees from Duke University and 32 honorary degrees. Her research concerns the ecology and conservation of marine ecosystems 和 development of technology for access to the deep sea.

Prior to her presentation, Dr. Earle will spend the day with Foxcroft students. In the morning, she will speak with the entire student body about her experiences as a woman in 阀杆. She will then visit with AP chemistry and AP biology students about her research in algae and/or diving experience and participate in a lunch discussion with students interested in ocean advocacy or marine biology.

The Alison Harrison Goodyear ’29 Fellowship 程序, offered through the generosity of the family and friends of Alison Harrison Goodyear, Foxcroft Class of 1929, brings distinguished speakers and provocative performers to Foxcroft to deliver a keynote address and conduct small group seminars with students. 

Fellowship recipients during the 程序’s 53-year history include such remarkable voices as Maya Angelou, 詹姆斯·贝克三世, Doris Kearns Goodwin, 大卫•麦卡洛, 莎莉骑, 芭芭拉·沃尔99499威尼斯信誉斯, tech entrepreneur Sheena Allen, National Geographic “Adventurer of the Year” Jennifer Pharr Davis, “Hello Fears” founder Michelle Poler, NPR’s 晨报 主持人蕾切尔·马丁, GenHERation founder Katlyn Grasso, The Social Institute founder Laura Tierney, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. 玛西娅城主, Former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, and Haitian-American director and global philanthropist Claudine Oriol.