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Education Highlights
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Inside Stories
David Packard Award
A Q U A R I U M
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The Open Sea galleries are home to three sea turtles—two adult green turtles and one baby loggerhead.
Nature does not hurry, yet
everything is accomplished
– Lao Tzu
Director’sNote
Julie Packard
Executive Director
With help from our members and donors, the Aquarium
has made such a big difference for the ocean—through our
unsurpassed visitor experience, science and research, policy
work and education programs.
Yet, even as we celebrated our 30th
anniversary last fall, we’ve had our
eye on how we can have the greatest
impact moving forward, and I’m really
excited about what lies ahead.
We’re well into the design of our new
Ocean Education and Leadership Center,
where we’ll shape new generations of
ocean conservation leaders through
expanded science programs for students
and teachers. To date, we’ve raised
over $20 million toward the project—
including a $2 million commitment
announced by HP Chairman and CEO Meg
Whitman at our 30th anniversary inaugural David Packard Award celebration.
Many of you have contributed to
our campaign to raise the funds
needed for the new Center, and I send
you my deepest thanks. I hope you
enjoy reading about recent accolades
for our innovative education programs
on pages 6 and 7.
Our Seafood Watch program
continues to grow in stature and
influence. In its first 15 years, we’ve
earned the respect of consumers,
major buyers and seafood producers
because of the rigor of our science.
Our team is working globally, supporting
sustainable seafood movements in
Europe and Japan, and collaborating
with certification bodies to strengthen
standards so that more producers
follow ocean-friendly practices.
We’ve crafted a new strategic
approach that will guide our
conservation and science programs.
One focus for us: understanding and
better managing species like bluefin
tuna that face tremendous fishing
pressures. We will deepen our
research partnerships and step up our
involvement in shaping management
policies to protect these and other
vulnerable ocean animals.
We’ve seen the positive results of
these policies. Along the West Coast,
creation of marine protected areas,
coupled with ecosystem-based fisheries
management, resulted in the recovery
of important coastal fisheries that
were in collapse just 15 years ago.
We need more success stories like
this—and our strategic approach will
keep us moving in that direction.
We’ll be doing more in the exhibit
arena as well. We’re planning an innovative and exciting special exhibition
where we’ll showcase the marine
life—and conservation projects—in
Mexico’s Gulf of California. Along with
bringing exciting animals like sharks
and rays to the public, this exhibition
will include field partnerships to aid
in protection of ocean wildlife.
Our new directions even extend to
our popular Cooking for Solutions
celebration, now a series of events
throughout the year. You can learn
more on pages 8 and 9 about how
we’ve “spiced up” the recipe for
Cooking for Solutions in 2015.
The Aquarium’s work, and our
impact, has only just begun. I thank
you all for being part of the journey
and for joining us in achieving our
vision of a future with healthy oceans
that sustain all life.
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Taking Action for the Ocean
Progress—and Promise—
for Ocean Recovery
Salema porgy – Sarpa sa
Porgies—also called
scups or sea breams—
are interesting fishes.
Though omnivorous,
younger porgies are
mostly carnivorous,
while adults are
almost exclusively
herbivorous. They’re
also protandric
hermaphrodites:
they start life as
males and most
change to females
as adults.
Its oblong body
is quite flat
in profile
compared to
other fishes.
This fish has an
impressive set of
grinding, molarlike teeth to crunch
on crustaceans.
Margaret Spring is the Aquarium’s chief conservation officer.
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Animal Tales
Make Way for Murres
Notice anybody new in our
seabird exhibit?
We recently introduced the first
common murre chicks hatched
here in our history—two in fact—
to the seabird exhibit in the Open
Sea galleries.
It glimmers
and shimmers,
thanks to golden
stripes that wrap
its body.
“We’re really excited to
have these young murres
at the Aquarium,” says
Aimee Greenebaum,
associate curator of
aviculture. “Especially
since they were born to rescued
mothers that have been with us
for a long time. It’s a great success story.”
We incubated the eggs, from two
different mothers, behind the
scenes. For their health and
safety, we also raised the tiny
chicks behind the scenes, rather
than in a busy exhibit environment.
Aimee and her team hand-fed
the youngsters small fish every
few hours, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
It was a lot of work! But
the chicks grew fast
and soon were strong
enough to join the adult
murres, pigeon guillemots
and tufted puffins inside
the large exhibit.
A distinctive
black spot marks
the base of each
pectoral fin.
The mild white meat
of salema porgies
makes it a popular
seafood dish, especially
in Europe; Seafood
Watch lists scups as
a Good Alternative.
But beware that
Sarpa salpa is also
known as a “dream
fish”—eating the
head can cause
hallucinations
resulting from an
accumulation of
psychoactive
chemicals in its body!
The murre mothers have been
with us for decades. One was
rescued from the Apex Houston
oil spill, which occurred off the
northern California coast in
January 1986. (Of note: At least
one Aquarium employee was on
the scene helping rescue oiled
murres.) Both were declared
non-releasable by California Fish
and Wildlife biologists and found
a home with us.
Our murres haven’t reproduced
before, because for many years
we only had females on exhibit.
Then a few years ago we moved
our small flock from the Monterey
Bay Habitats exhibit to the new
seabird exhibit in the remodeled
Open Sea galleries—apparently
they like their new digs!
Although common murre populations are healthy in the
wild, all shorebirds face
pressures from habitat
damage and pollution.
We raised our new chicks
under the auspices of the
Association of Zoos and Aquariums’
Species Survival Plan (SSP), through
which we and our colleagues
cooperatively manage species
reproduction to ensure healthy,
genetically diverse populations.
Common murres spend eight or
nine months of each year at sea.
Their short wings are perfect for
“flying” underwater to catch
small fish. Because they spend
so much time on and in the water,
they’re threatened by oil spills
and pollution. And their
populations fluctuate
based on food availability.
Did you know that murre
eggs are pear-shaped—
or pyriform? Female
murres lay these pointy eggs on
bare rock or soil on shallow, steep
cliffs. If disturbed, these eggs
simply roll in circles; an oval egg
would probably roll right off the
edge of the cliff.
We hope to keep our young
murres at the Aquarium for
many years, but under the SSP,
they may be called into duty as
breeding ambassadors for their
species at another zoo or
aquarium. We’re proud
parents, regardless!
You can learn more on the Exhibit Update pages of our website.
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Award-WinningEd
We’re gaining national
recognition for our work
to inspire new generations
of young people who are
science literate and dedicated
to protecting our ocean
planet. Through our new
Ocean Education and
Leadership Center, we’ll
strengthen initiatives
like our teacher and teen
programs highlighted here.
Stefanie Pechan:
a Mentor for Science Teachers
D
uring the school year, Stefanie Pechan teaches
science to fifth graders in Pacific Grove. Each summer
and on many weekends, she’s part of our Education
team—helping other teachers improve their classroom
skills as science educators.
In July, she was named one of six California finalists for the
prestigious Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math and
Science Teaching. The awards are the nation’s highest honor
for math and science teachers. Awardees serve as models for
their colleagues, inspiration to their communities and leaders
in the improvement of mathematics and science education.
“Stefanie is an amazing educator,” says Rita Bell, our director of
education programs. “She’s able to help other teachers see how
they can make a difference for their own students in the classroom.
“We’re fortunate to have someone with her talents and
enthusiasm as part of our team,” Rita adds.
“My students and the Aquarium helped me to be the teacher
I am today. So I'm really honored and blessed to be here,”
Stefanie says.
We’re raising the funds needed to make our
new Ocean Education and Leadership Center
possible. To make your gift today, please call
our Development office at 800-840-4880.
Thank you for your generous support!
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When we open our Ocean Education and Leadership Center,
we’ll be able to reach twice as many teachers like Stefanie
through our Coastal Systems Teacher Institute and other
professional development programs.
ucation Programs
Growing Our
Teacher Programs
Honors for Our Work
in Local Community
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recent grant of $150,000 from the Institute of Museum
and Library Science (IMLS) to our Project-Based Science
Institute for Middle School Teachers will benefit over
125 teachers—and, by extension, could positively
affect at least 15,000 students.
The program, which involves a year-long professional development commitment by participants, provides teachers with
strategies to engage middle school students in science. Cultivating
science-literate adults is critical to helping future generations
confront local, regional and global environmental issues.
Middle school teachers are particularly challenged, as students
often arrive unprepared and uninterested in science because
they’ve had limited exposure in elementary school to science
curriculum and processes.
Project-based science builds real-world skills, and allows
students to expand their understanding of science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) while fostering collaborations,
critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills.
“We’re thankful the IMLS has awarded a grant to this particular
institute,” says Mary Whaley, our teacher programs manager. “It
will help us to refine this important program and increase the
level of support we can provide to teachers over a longer term.”
This grant was awarded through IMLS’s Museum for America
program. The mission of IMLS is to inspire libraries and
museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and
cultural and civic engagement.
ur decade-long science education collaboration with
schoolchildren and their families in the Watsonville
community is one of seven national winners of the
prestigious Noyce Foundation Bright Lights Community
Engagement Award.
Our deep commitment and systematic approach combines
education and public access programs to engage a broad range
of Watsonville residents over many years. We begin with Splash
Zone Head Start visits for preschoolers and their families, offer
hosted field trips that reach some 3,500 students of all ages,
and reach teens through focused Young Women in Science and
Teens Conserving Habitats initiatives for students in middle and
high school.
Our commitment to Watsonville includes teacher professional
development programs, affordable access for low-income
families and annual public events at the Aquarium with the
Hispanic community in mind.
“Our plan is to reach a larger and more diverse audience both
at the Aquarium and in the community,” says Vice President of
Education Cynthia Vernon. “Innovative ocean education means
we’re helping young adults become ocean literate, inspired,
confident and ready to act on behalf of the oceans.”
The Bright Lights Community Engagement Awards competition
recognizes select museums and science centers that have
done an outstanding job engaging with their local communities,
especially with outreach efforts focused on science, technology,
engineering or math.
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Celebrate Sustaina
Food & Wine Dinners
Reception: 6 to 6:45 p.m.
Dinner: 7 to 10 p.m.
Aquarium Members: $150
General Public: $180
Enjoy spectacular dining in
Cindy’s Waterfront restaurant,
hosted by Chef Cindy Pawlcyn
—the creator of Mustards
Grill in Napa Valley and other
celebrated restaurants—and
a carefully selected winemaker. Includes a five-course
meal with wine pairings and
a pre-dinner reception with
private access to the
Tentacles special exhibition.
Chef Cindy Pawlcyn
Bonny Doon Vineyard
Saturday, February 21
Two seafood selections and
one lamb dish, along with
appetizers and dessert,
paired with wines from
Bonny Doon Vineyard
of Davenport.
Chef Cindy Pawlcyn
Hourglass Blueline Vineyard
Saturday, March 28
A five-course seafood dinner,
plus appetizers, perfectly
paired with wines from
Hourglass Blueline Vineyard
of St. Helena.
Food & Wine on the Road
at The Hess Collection
Saturday, April 25
1 to 4 p.m.
Aquarium Members: $125
($40 tax-deductible)
General Public: $150 ($65 tax-deductible)
Visit cookingforsolutions.org for details.
Join The Hess Collection and the Aquarium in Napa Valley
for a special day with The Hess Collection’s Executive
Chef, Chad Hendrickson, and its sustainable winemaking
team, and special guest chefs Michael Cimarusti (Providence
and Connie and Ted’s, Los Angeles) and Justin Cogley
(Aubergine, The Restaurant at L’Auberge Carmel;
Food & Wine’s Best New Chef, 2013).
This fantastic food and wine event—served in the
winery’s world-class contemporary art gallery—features
ingredients grown right on the vineyard and tastings of
small lot releases offered only at the winery.
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New Cooking for So
Food, More FunTh
Carla Hall
W
e’ve spiced up the
recipe for the 14th
edition of our annual
Cooking for Solutions
celebration, with new
events and festivities throughout
the year. The new direction means
more ways than ever to connect
with chefs, farmers, winemakers
and food artisans—at the Aquarium
and beyond.
We’ll continue many of your
favorite events, like our Food &
Wine Adventures. And we’re
bringing back many of your
favorite celebrity chefs, including
Carla Hall, Sam Choy and Nathan
Lyon, for intimate salons and
cooking demos.
Nate Appleman
Javier Plascenc
Cooking for Solutions 2015 begins
with two Food & Wine Dinners
(see sidebar at left) at Cindy’s
Waterfront, prepared by our
award-winning culinary partner,
Chef Cindy Pawlcyn.
We’ll also host a spectacular
Food & Wine on the Road event
on Saturday, April 25 at The Hess
Collection winery in Napa Valley
(see sidebar at left).
In summer and fall, we’ll host two
Cooking for Solutions weekends
in June and October (see sidebar
at right), with ticketed events that
We’ll also bring Cooking for
Solutions to you, with culinary
events around northern California
and collaborations with chefs
and conservation partners
around the country.
The Hess Collection winery
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Celebration Weekends
Fun-filled weekends with
a focus on sustainable and
organic food from land and
sea. There will be daytime
public events throughout the
Aquarium, featuring tastings,
cooking demonstrations and
family activities, all connecting what we eat with the
health of the soil, water and
the ocean. Events are included
with Aquarium admission.
We’ll also host ticketed events
for Aquarium members and
the public (see below).
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include daytime Food & Wine
Adventures, the festive AmuseBouche and The Party, plus a
reimagined Talk & Taste Series.
In June, we welcome celebrity
chefs Nate Appleman (culinary
manager, Chipotle, San Diego),
Ned Bell (Four Seasons Hotel,
Vancouver, B.C.), Sam Choy (Sam
Choy’s Kai Lanai, Kailua-Kona,
Hawaii), Carla Hall (co-host of
ABC’s “The Chew” and owner,
Carla Hall Petite Cookies,
Washington D.C.), Chris Hastings
(The Hot & Hot Fish Club,
Birmingham, Alabama),
Aarti Sequeira
Douglas Katz (fire food & drink,
Cleveland, Ohio), Nathan Lyon
(chef/author/TV personality,
Los Angeles), Javier Plascencia
(Misión 19, Tijuana, Mexico), and
Aarti Sequeira (Aarti Paarti/
author, Los Angeles).
Our popular online auction
to benefit Seafood Watch also
returns in June, with fantastic
items including culinary travel,
gourmet food and wine packages,
fun family adventures and
unique behind-the-scenes
Aquarium experiences.
Tickets, chef bios and
additional details about
Cooking for Solutions events
are available online at
cookingforsolutions.org.
Check back regularly, as
we’ll be adding new events
all the time. For information,
call 866-963-9645.
Nathan Lyon
Sustainable Foods
Celebration: World Oceans
Day Weekend
Saturday and Sunday,
June 6 and 7
Food events and tastings
throughout the Aquarium for
the whole family, plus presentation of the Paul Walker
Ocean Leadership Award.
Sustainable Foods
Celebration: Make It
Sustainable Weekend
Saturday and Sunday,
October 3 and 4
Food events and tastings
throughout the Aquarium
for the whole family, with
a special emphasis during
National Seafood Month
on making ocean-friendly
seafood choices.
Food & Wine Adventures
Saturday, June 6
Saturday, October 3
Popular small-group events
with our celebrity chefs.
Amuse-Bouche
Saturday, June 6
Saturday, October 3
Whet your appetite for The
Party at this warm-up event
with our culinary celebrities.
The Party
Saturday, June 6
Saturday, October 3
A unique combination of our
amazing exhibits, celebrity
chefs and a lively dance
party—plus sweet and savory
treats—makes this an
experience you won’t forget.
Talk & Taste Series
Saturday and Sunday,
June 6 and 7
Saturday and Sunday,
October 3 and 4
Intimate culinary salons
featuring topics near and
dear to our hearts; many
led by celebrity chefs.
Evenings By The Bay
Saturdays & Sundays
June 27 - September 6
Join us for extended summer
hours until 8 p.m. on Saturdays
and Sundays. As you explore
our exhibit galleries—without
the daytime crowds—enjoy
tastings from local Seafood
Watch restaurant partners
and sample sustainable wines
and other beverages. We’ll
have live music, too.
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Did you know that each year we
help rescue and rehabilitate threatened Western snowy plover chicks?
In 2014 our aviculturists rescued or
hatched from eggs, rehabilitated
and released 20 snowy plovers back
into the wild—a record-setting year.
Western snowy plover
Charadrius nivosus
In its final year at the Aquarium,
The Jellies Experience is experiencing
a boom! Peach-mantled and crimsontentacled flame jellies, bulbous
veined and opal-colored cannonball
jellies, petite and aptly named
thimble jellies and an unidentified
deep sea jelly are just some of the
delectable eye candy featured in
recent months.
Inside
Stories
Since childhood, “story time” has
evoked memories of entertainment,
education and pure auditory delight
where our imaginations take over.
Let us tell you a story today—visit
the Aquarium’s podcast library on our
website under Animals & Experiences.
We’re thrilled that TripAdvisor®
Travelers’ Choice™ Awards
named us the best aquarium in
the world! The honor is based on
millions of reviews worldwide.
There’s one thing we know for
sure—we wouldn’t be the best
without you! Thank you for your
continued support and loyalty.
Cannonball jelly
Stomolophus meleagris
Did you know hammerhead
sharks smell in stereo? They see
predator or prey approaching,
but nostrils on their elongated
head confirm location by the
strength of the scent. Stop by
the Open Sea exhibit to see the
oldest scalloped hammerhead
shark—nearly 12 years old—
that’s also the largest—about 8.2
feet—on exhibit anywhere.
Scalloped hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini
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Black sea nettle,
Chrysaora achlyos
The black sea nettle is
considered a giant jelly.
Its distinctive purplish
bell can reach over
three feet in diameter;
its lacy oral arms nearly
20 feet long and its
stinging tentacles
25 feet or more.
It’s also a mysterious
creature. It probably
lives in deeper, calmer
waters but has appeared
in large blooms off the
California coast, most
recently in 2010. Much
about its behavior,
distribution and life cycle
still puzzles scientists.
Inaugural David
Last fall, we celebrated our 30th anniversary and presented
It was a spectacular event with many of our Pac
The values and vision that sustain
the Monterey Bay Aquarium today
flow from our founders, David and
Lucile Packard. David Packard was
one of the great business leaders
of the 20th century, and thought
in planetary terms. The scope of his
thinking, his commitment to science
David Packard
and his curiosity led, along with his
wife Lucile, to the founding of the Monterey Bay Aquarium
and later the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
As an entrepreneur and philanthropist, he followed the
paths of truth and knowledge wherever they led, unbound
by conventional thinking. He rooted the Aquarium’s work
in science and fostered a culture that supports teamwork
and innovation.
On the occasion of the Aquarium’s 30th anniversary,
our Board of Trustees established the David Packard
Award to honor leaders whose scope and achievements
embody the qualities of thought and action that David
Packard held dear, and who have effectively worked
to make the future of our planet surer and
more sustainable.
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l e y dinner
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The DavidbPackard
featured an elegant ocean theme.
Macropinna microstomia
Former Trustee and Founding
Chairman of our Leadership Council,
George P. Shultz is known on the
world stage as a leader who thinks
and acts on a global scale. Intrinsic
to his character is a concern for the
future and what humanity can do to
make the world a better place. We
George P. Shultz
were thrilled to honor him with the
inaugural David Packard Award recognizing all he has
done as one of our nation’s most distinguished Americans
and for his commitment to conservation, including his
work to bring awareness and action to combat the
threats of climate change.
George Shultz, Julie Packard, Steve Neal and Michael Bloomberg
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Packard Award
the inaugural David Packard Award to George P. Shultz.
kards’ Circle donors and friends in attendance.
George Shultz receiving the David Packard Award
Julie Packard and Meg Whitman
Lisa Wan, Cynthia Harris, Helen and Peter Bing
A highlight of the evening was guest speaker
Michael R. Bloomberg, who addressed the major threats
facing our oceans—climate change, rising sea levels and
overfishing. We were also joined by HP Chairman and
CEO Meg Whitman, who announced a $2 million gift
from HP to support our teacher programs. We extend
our sincere thanks to our Dinner Committee, sponsors,
donors and guests who made the presentation of the
inaugural David Packard Award a wonderful success.
With support from our members and donors, we’ve
accomplished so much in our first 30 years—and we
have so much more to do. Guided by David and Lucile
Packard’s founding vision, the Aquarium will continue to
lead the way in redefining the public aquarium as a force
for conservation, and a champion for new generations
of ocean conservation leaders.
Jane Lubchenco, Wendy Schmidt
and Nancy Barrett
Steve Bechtel and Bill Landreth
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Mysteries of the Deep
Deep-Sea Octopus:
The World’s Most Devoted Mom
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s any expectant mother will tell
you, carrying a baby for nine
months can feel like a very long
time. But can you imagine brooding
your young for more than four
years? That’s how long one female octopus
guarded her eggs on a rocky ledge, deep
in Monterey Canyon.
Simply documenting this feat of maternal
care took perseverance. For 25 years,
MBARI biologist Bruce Robison has used
robotic submersibles to conduct hundreds
of surveys of animals living in the deep
waters of Monterey Canyon. During one
dive in April 2007, Robison observed an
octopus moving slowly across the muddy
canyon floor.
One month later, he observed the same
octopus (which had distinctive scars on its
body) clinging to a rocky wall a few feet
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above the canyon floor. Looking underneath
the octopus’ body, the researchers could
see dozens of small, white, teardropshaped eggs. (They later counted about
160 in all.)
Over the next four and one-half years,
Robison and his team returned to this
same site 18 times. Each time they
expected to find the eggs hatched and the
octopus gone. But there she remained,
even as her body became thinner and her
skin more pale and wrinkled. They never
saw her leave her eggs or attempt to eat,
even when prey such as small shrimp
were within reach.
Finally, in October 2011, the researchers
found only tattered remains of egg
capsules—the eggs had hatched. As with
most octopuses, the dedicated “octomom”
probably died shortly afterward. Though
she was gone, the team did see a number
of young octopuses on nearby rocks.
A little background research indicates
this was the longest brooding period
ever observed for any animal. The
researchers were surprised because
most octopuses only live for two or three
years. They speculate that colder deep
sea temperatures may slow down life
processes such as egg development.
Other long-brooding animals include
deep-sea shrimps and sharks.
The researchers figure that the female
octopus’ multi-year effort must have
paid off by giving her young a much
better shot at surviving, both before and
after they hatched. Overall, the strategy
appears to be working, because this
species, Graneledone boreopacifica, is one
of the most common deep-sea octopuses
in the Northeastern Pacific.
Kim Fulton-Bennett is a communications
associate for the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Institute (MBARI), mbari.org.
Memorial Gifts
Gifts from September 2013
through August 2014 have
been made in memory of
the following individuals:
Barbara Amend
Paul Robert Ames
Charlotte Anderson
Linda Andersson
Alan Barber
Don Biederman
Valerio Biondo
Florence Bower
Lee and Max Brice
Marilyn Bridgwood
The Honorable Thomas Cain
James Cherry
Ronald Clough
Harry and Esther “Penny”
Coleman
Marilyn Colvin
Steve Combs
Alisa A. Diehm
Anna Dieter-Eckerdt
Ames Dybalski
Stan Ehnisz
Sheila Faulkner
Richard Garzoli
Marnie Gilchrist
Catherine Hamilton
Richard “Dick” Burton
Hammond
Daniel Hanley
Robert L. Hittleman
Edward Hoegerman
David Hornby
Mary Jackson
Anita Johnsen
Si Johnsen
Virginia Lee Katnich
Craig D. Kent-Basham
Myrle A. Kirk
Martin Knutson
Maudene Kroh
Robert Larsen
Irene Leinen
Alaina Sage Lester
Doris Love
Nela Luken
Sidney Luken
Janet MacChesney
Frances MacLennan
George Martin
James McConnell
Dorothea Mumford
Jeannie Murphy
John Kennedy Ohl
Ralph K. Park
Dillon Ptasek
Nick Quintana
Kay Reimer
Evelyn Repetti
Lois Rianda
Carol Rissel
Richard Rooker
Marian Rossi
Pamela Runge
Eric Russell
Georgia Shetenhelm
Lakas Shimizu
Carol Joyce Sims
James Sinclair
Robert Steinmetz
Kip Stoebner
Margaret M. Sudduth
Lily and Sam Takahashi
Robert O. Taunt
Ebba Rae Terry
R. Bruce Thompson
Toola
Shawn Trainor
Jacob Van Staaveren
Patricia Whiting
Milton Wilcox
Dr. Dan Wilkes
John Daniel Wilkes
Yuso Yamasaki
Ruth R. Young
Tribute Gifts
Gifts from September 2013
through August 2014 have
been made to honor the
following individuals
and occasions:
Charles and Janet Adams
Margaret Anderson
Miss Rebecca Baron
Chuck Baxter
Brian and Sacha
Beaumont-Nesbitt
Mona Beck
JoAnn and Bob Behl
Bennett Family
Signe Bertram
Eddy and Shino Bird’s
wedding
Betsy Bramsen
Allison BrckaLorenz
Linda Charles
Sarina Clark
Edward and Ann Clifton’s
80th birthdays
Callum Coats-Ballaseux
Dr. Sabine Cordes and
Dr. Art Fredeen
Erin Curran
Amanda Darling
Scott Dietz
Peter Duffy’s birthday
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A Legacy for Children
C
laire Giannini Hoffman
was born in 1904, the same
year her father A. P. Giannini
founded Bank of Italy, the
predecessor to Bank of America.
A true pioneer, Claire credited her
mother for giving her the tools to
succeed in a field with very few women.
In addition to being the first female
director of Bank of America and Sears,
Roebuck & Company, Claire worked to
promote women’s causes.
Her legacy lives on through the
Claire Giannini Fund, a foundation
established after Claire’s passing in
1997. The Aquarium is a proud recipient
supervising editor: Ken Peterson
art director: Jim Ales
vice president of development:
Nancy Enterline
senior designer: Debra Naeve
editor: Karen Jeffries
writer: Angela Hains
photo researcher: Kris Ingram
printing: Blanchette Press
Printed on FSC® certified paper
“When I was younger, being a scientist was
just a dream—like how everyone wants to be
an astronaut when they’re little—but with the
Aquarium’s help, it’s almost within reach.”
—Young Women in Science program
alumna Sage Shrader
credits:
Corey Arnold (3), Steve Castillo (12 top left),
Ann Caudle (illustrations: 4-5, 6, 10), Brandon Cole (2),
Libby and Lovell Langstroth/Monterey Bay Aquarium
(4 top), MBARI (14), Monterey Bay Aquarium (10 top
left), Tom O’Neal (8 top left), Pete Oxford/Minden
Pictures.com (cover), James Perdue (10 lower right)
Tyson Rininger/ Monterey Bay Aquarium (6, 10 bottom
left, 11), Kim Swan/Monterey Bay Aquarium (7 right,
16), Randy Tunnell (9 right, 12-13 all except top left),
Randy Wilder/Monterey Bay Aquarium (4 bottom,
5 top and bottom, 7 left). Photos of celebrity chefs
on pages 8-9 courtesy of the chefs
Calendar:
Randy Wilder/Monterey Bay Aquarium (cover),
Caren Alpert Photography, Ann Caudle (illustrations),
Jon O'Keefe, Tyson Rininger, Danielle Rosenberg,
Randy Tunnell
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of a grant from the fund to support
our Young Women in Science program.
Each year, 100 middle school-age girls
participate in this program that gets
them involved in science and ocean
conservation. Its impact on young
women is profound.
The Claire Giannini Fund is a
wonderful legacy of her commitment
to philanthropy and children. To learn
more about how you can support the
Aquarium’s programs, please contact
Mary Mullen, Vice President of Gift
Planning, at [email protected]
or 831-648-4913.
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