Carl Safina is author of six books and many other writings about how the ocean is changing, including the award winning Song for the Blue Ocean and Eye of the Albatross, as well as "The View From Lazy Point; A Natural Year in an Unnatural World." He is founding president of the Blue Ocean Institute, and an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University where he is active both in Marine Sciences and as co-chair of the Journalism School's Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. Safina is host of the PBS series, "Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina." 

January 1st, 1955 in Brooklyn (Age 69)