Evan Forde - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/evan-forde/ Preparing the nation for change by studying the ocean, earth & atmosphere Mon, 23 Aug 2021 19:45:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOAA_logo_512x512-150x150.png Evan Forde - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/evan-forde/ 32 32 Celebrating Black History Month with Evan B. Forde /black-history-month/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:58:13 +0000 /?p=19395 February is Black History Month; in celebration we sat down to talk with oceanographer and Miami native, Evan B. Forde. In 1973, Forde began his career at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, and in 1979 he became the first African American scientist to participate in research dives aboard a deep-sea submersible. During his career Forde has conducted research across various oceanographic and meteorological disciplines and remains one of the few African American oceanographers in the U.S.

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]]> Evan Forde Named Federal ­Employee of the Year for Community Service /evan-forde-named-federal-employee-of-the-year-for-community-service/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:41:19 +0000 /?p=9445 AOML oceanographer Evan B. Forde was named the Federal ­Employee of the Year for the Service to the Community category at the 54th annual South Florida Federal ­Executive Board’s banquet on June 21st.  For over 30 years Forde has volunteered hundreds of hours per year to creating/enhancing public education and spoken to over 70,000 South […]

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