C. Reid Nichols is the president of Marine
Information Resources Corporation, a Maryland veteran-owned small
business. He is a physical oceanographer with an M.S. from North
Carolina State University. He has experience in commercial fishing,
serving as a physical oceanographer for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, and providing applied oceanographic
solutions to a variety of commercial and government customers.
Nichols enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in 1977 as a
combat engineer and has been a platoon, company, and battalion
commander for units involved with landing support. He presently
serves as a reserve staff officer for Marine Forces Pacific.
Robert G. Williams, Ph.D, is an oceanographer with
extensive experience in the fields of marine meteorology and
physical oceanography. He has served as an oceanographer for the
U.S. Navy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
As a senior scientist with Marine Information Resources
Corporation, he provides basic and applied research solutions to
resolve coastal oceanography issues for a variety of commercial and
government customers. He routinely teaches introductory physics,
astronomy, and meteorology part-time at community colleges, and has
taught courses in oceanography and meteorology in the Johns Hopkins
University continuing education programmes.
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