Alan P. Trujillo teaches at Palomar Community College in San
Marcos, CA, where he is co-Director of the Oceanography Program and
Chair of the Earth Sciences Department. He received his bachelor's
degree in geology from the University of California at Davis and
his master's degree in geology from Northern Arizona University,
afterwards working for several years in industry as a development
geologist, hydrogeologist, and computer specialist. Al began
teaching in the Earth Sciences Department at Palomar in 1990 and in
1997 was awarded Palomar's Distinguished Faculty Award for
Excellence in Teaching. He has co-authored Introductory
Oceanography with Hal Thurman and is a contributing author for the
textbooks Earth and Earth Science. In addition to writing and
teaching, Al works as a naturalist and lecturer aboard natural
history expedition vessels in Alaska and the Sea of Cortez/Baja
California. His research interests include beach processes, sea
cliff erosion, and computer applications in oceanography. Al and
his wife, Sandy, have two children, Karl and Eva.
Harold V. Thurman retired in May 1994, after 24 years of teaching
in the Earth Sciences Department of Mt. San Antonio College in
Walnut, California. Interest in geology led to a bachelor's degree
from Oklahoma A&M University, followed by seven years working
as a petroleum geologist, mainly in the Gulf of Mexico, where his
interest in oceans developed. He earned a master's degree from
California State University at Los Angeles and then joined the
Earth sciences faculty at Mt. San Antonio College. Other books that
Hal has co-authored include Introductory Oceanography (with Alan
Trujillo) and a marine biology textbook. He has also written
articles on the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Oceans for
the 1994 edition of World Book Encyclopedia and served as a
consultant on the National Geographic publication Realms of the
Sea. He still enjoys going to sea on vacations with his wife
Iantha.
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