Oceanographer Evan B. Forde was born on May 11, 1952 in Miami,
Florida and received his early education in the Miami Public School
System. Forde earned his B.A. degree in geology with an oceanography
specialty and his M.A. degree in marine geology and geophysics from
Columbia University in the City of New York.
In 1973, Forde became an oceanographer at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Atlantic Oceanographic and
Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida. He was the first
African American scientist to participate in research dives aboard a
submersible and completed successful dive expeditions in several
submarine canyons utilizing three of these vessels.
Forde remains one of
only a handful of African American oceanographers in the United States.
Forde has conducted research in a number of oceanographic and
meteorological disciplines and has been a versatile pioneer in
scientific research. His current research includes using satellite
sensors to observe and analyze atmospheric conditions related to
improving hurricane forecasting and improving intensity prediction
models.
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Source: TheHistoryMakers.com
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