 Born and raised in Ohio.
 Received his Bachelor’s degree from Duke University in 1960.
 Shortly thereafter, received his Master’s degree in statistics from the University of North Carolina,
and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
 Worked as a statistician for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, for three years.
 Hired as the chief statistician at the Beaufort Laboratory in 1969; his main tasks involved advising
Laboratory scientists on experimental design and statistical testing.

• Raised in Maryland.
• Received her Bachelor’s and Graduate degrees in the 1970s from the University of Maryland at College Park, the latter under Dr. Eugenie Clark.
• While at College Park she volunteered at the Smithsonian and worked for Dr.

• Eldon was born and raised in California. He served in the U.S. Army overseas.
• He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Management from San Jose State University in the mid-1960s.
• Eldon was initially employed by the U.S.

• After two years in the U.S.

Dr. Gordon Thayer

• Received a Master’s degree from the University of Delaware and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University
• Employed at the Beaufort Lab as a Fishery Biologist, 1968-2004
• Helped established the Seagrass Program at the Beaufort Laboratory in the late

Dr. Judson Kenworthy

• John grew up in Pennsylvania and received his Master’s degree in the early 1950s from Bucknell University
• He worked for about five years in the early 1950s as an oyster biologist for the State of Maryland near Annapolis
• He was hired as a fishery biologist with the Radiobiological Laboratory at the Beaufort Laboratory in 1955
• Retired from the Beaufort Laboratory in 1975
• John was 98 years old when he recorded this interview

• Received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 1965
• Did post-doctoral work at the University of Miami 1966-1967
• Employed at the Beaufort Laboratory in 1967, initially with the Menhaden Program
• Established the Reef Fish Program at the Beaufort Laboratory in the early 1970s, studying life histories of the snapper-grouper complex of fishes along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts, and collecting fishery-dependent data for reef fish species harvested by the head boat fishery
• Retired from the Beaufort Laboratory in 1995

• Dr. John V.

• Born in Beaufort, NC; raised on Pivers Island (site of the Beaufort Laboratory)
• Herb’s father, Dr. Herbert Prythrech, was Director of the Beaufort Laboratory, 1933-1949
• Graduated from East Carolina University and also served in the US Army
• Worked for the NMFS, formerly the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, as a port agent and fishery reporting specialist in TX, SC, GA, and Miami; retired from NMFS in 1994

Dr. William “Bill” Sunda
o Born and raised in Arlington, Virginia
o Graduated from Lehigh University in 1968 with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science
o Received a Fellowship for graduate studies at MIT and Woods Hole in 1968
o Employed at the Beaufort Lab as a Research Chemist, 1975- 2015