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Remembering a Legend

March 27, 2015

Bill Schevill, right, founded the field of marine mammal bioacoustics after World War II, but when Bill Watkins, left, joined him in Woods Hole in 1958, they began what former WHOI bioacoustician Peter Tyack called “a 40-year collaboration that changed the face of marine mammal science.” During his time at WHOI, Watkins carried out pioneering work that laid the groundwork for modern bioacoustic science. Ten years after his passing, WHOI biologists Laela Sayigh and Michael Moore will host a public event to honor his legacy at the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Saturday, March 28 beginning at 7:00 p.m. (Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Archives)