Chowan Alumnus Jim Lowry
Member of Antarctic Expedition
Two young oceanographers from
the Virginia Institute of Marine Sci
ence (VIMS) are spending 1%7 in the
icy wastelands of Antarctica. Their
mission, sponsored by the National
Science Foundation and supervised by
VIMS, is to collect specimens of ant
arctic marine life and ship them
home for further research.
E. Lynn Suydam of Baltimore,
Maryland, and James K. Lowry of
Richmond, class of 1962 at Chowan,
began preparing for their antarctic
expedition last September. Various
dredge frames, fish traps and
weights for collecting instruments,
preceded them by ship to Antarc
tica.
Suydam and Lowry left the United
States on January 2 on a flight to
Punta Arenas, Chile, There they
boarded the USNS Wyandot and sail
ed to Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica.
Their final destination, Anvers Is
land, is a newly-built NSF research
station located just off the Peninsula.
Anvers Island is on a lou)er lati
tude than two stations previously
visited by scientists from VIMS.
Stanley Wilson represented the Vir
ginia marine laboratory at McMur-
do Base for several months during
1959. He and William Saunders,
also form VIMS, were later located
at Wilkes Station for a year durnig
1961 and 1962.
Suydam and Lowry are collecting
fishes and other marine animals
bearing parasites. Special study is
being given to the Monogenea (flat-
worm parasites frequently found on
the gills of fishes) by Dr. William J.
Hargis, Jr., Director of VIMS an emi
nent marine parasitologist. He and
his co-workers, William A. Dillon,
David E. Zwerner and Adrian Lawler,
have found twelve species on speci
mens collected in Antarctica, eleven
of which are new to science. These
have been described, and informa
tion about them is now being publish
ed.
Two parasitic copepods have also
been found, of which one is a new
species.
The digenid parasites (another
kind of worm parasitic in fishes and
other vertebrates) on antarctic col
lections are being studied by Dr.
Mitchell A. Byrd of the College of
William and Mary. A third group of
parasitic worms, the thornyheaded
worms, (Acanthocephalaus), are be
ing classified by Dr. Harry L. Hollo
way, Jr., of Roanoke College. Thus
the project is a cooperative one a-
mong scientists from three Virginia
Institutions.
The National Science Foundation
has granted full funds to cover this
research project to Dr. Hargis at
VIMS. Hargis stated that nine people
(including the two from VIMS) are
manning the Avers Island Station in
1967. As many as twenty scientists
will work at the station during the
summer months.
PREPARING FOR HIS STAY IN THE ANTARCTIC is James Lowry, center,
who graduated from Chowan in 1962. He is assisted by his three-year-old son,
Ken, and his expedition companion Lynn Suydam. A native of Chuckatuck,
Mr. Lowry is married to the former Martha Millis of Richmond, also a mem
ber of Chowan’s class of 1962.
^ m.
TAKING CAMERA READING—Ricfcjy Beck of Fair Haven, N. J., takes an
exposure meter reading prior to making color photographs in the School of
Graphic Arts. The printiruj student has taken many 35mm color slides which
will be shown at the Graphic Arts Show next month in Charlotte.
ANOTHER PRETTY TTS OPERATOR—Operoting the latest model Teletype
setter in the School of Graphic Arts, Donna Freeland of Hillsborough, per
forates tape that is used to automatically operate typesetting machines.
There are many job opportunities for TTS operators offering good income.
PAGE TEN
The Chowanian