Scott gives back to our community enormous portions of his intellect and energy driven by an earnest desire to ensure that the insights we gain today are not lost tomorrow. All of these activities are full of a selfless, non-promoting drive to ensure that the younger scientists around him are encouraged and that we gain understanding of our world so that projections from climatic modeling are based on sound science. Scott sees deeper into, knows more about, and synthesizes more significant oceanographic information than most oceanographers I know today. It is my great pleasure to present to you Scott C. Doney, the AGU James B. Macelwane 2000 medalist. But it is a particular pleasure to have been nominated by Dave Glover, a good friend and colleague since my very first day of graduate school at Woods Hole nearly 15 years ago.
Few people have the privilege to devote their lives to something they love.
No one works in a vacuum, and in my case I am indebted to a host of colleagues, friends, and mentors. Most of you know who you are, so if I forget anyone, please accept my apologies. From the time I was very young, my family encouraged my curiosity in science and nature, for which I am ever thankful. With the help of my great aunt, I participated in the SEA program as an undergraduate, drawing my attention from premed back to oceanography. My first exposure to the actual workings of science came through a summer internship at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies with Inez Fung and Michael Prather.