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International Oceanographic Foundation
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History
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) becan in 1943 as a small marine biology and fisheries laboratory founded by Dr. F. G. Walton Smith. The IOF was founded in November 1953 to advance occean reserch. Dr. Smith was executive secretary of the foundation.