hydrologist, DSc (Geographical Sciences) (1937)
full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939)
first director of the Institute of Oceanology
participant of the Great Patriotic War
Member of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1953), Professor (1954), Honored Scientist of the RSFSR (1973), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1979)
from 1953 to 1965 - Director of the Institute of Oceanology
Yastrebov Vyacheslav Semenovich (1932-2005)
DSc (Technical Sciences) (1971), Professor (1978),
full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (1991),
Honored Worker of Science and Technology,
from 1987 to 1992 г. - Director of the Institute of Oceanology
physicist, geologist, DSc (Geological and mineralogical sciences) (1981)
from 1992 to 1994 - Director of the Institute of Oceanology
Monin Andrey Sergeevich (1921-2007)
Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor,
Academician of RAS (2000)
from 1965 to 1987 - Director of the Institute of Oceanology,
from 1987 to 2007 - Head of the Laboratory of Synoptic Processes
Lappo Sergey Sergeevich (1938 - 2006)
oceanologist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1981), professor (1987),
Corresponding Member of RAS (2000),
Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (1999), Academician of the RANS
from 1995 to 2006 - Director of the Institute of Oceanology of RAS