Walter Blogoslawski
Voices from the Science Centers
Voices from the Science Centers is an oral history initiative dedicated to documenting the institutional knowledge of fisheries scientists and administrators in the labs of NOAA’s Fisheries Science Centers.
Walter Blogoslawski was born in New Britain, Connecticut on February 8, 1943. He received his Bachelor's from Fairfield University, a Master's in Marine Science at Long Island University, and later a PhD. at Fordham University in 1971. He began working at Milford Laboratory in 1971 as a microbiologist and is retiring this year.
Interview contains discussions of: microbiology, Apollo space program, waste treatment system, degradation of crude oil by microbiology, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, SCUBA diving, importance of habitat, oysters, clams, aquaculture, hatcheries and poor sanitation, Shellfish Biology Seminar, technology changes, Koch's Postulates, copper, impact of technology on
knowledge, value of libraries and research, importance of collaboration between industry, researchers and government, toxic algal blooms, ozone gas, climate change.
Walter Blogoslawski discusses his upbringing, how he became involved in marine research, his work for the Apollo space program and at Monsanto at the beginning of his career, and how he came to work at Milford Laboratory. He discusses the importance of sanitation in the health of the aquaculture habitats. He talks about the effects of climate change and advances in
technology on his research, and the ways in which he has collaborated with other scientists and students.
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