LACHS Webinar from September 24, 2020
A presentation with Los Angeles City Historical Society board member Geraldine Knatz: A Century of Marine Science at the Port of Los Angeles - from early women' scientists to the first laboratory that would go on to become Scripps Institution of Oceanography, to Captain Allan Hancock and Jacques Cousteau testing an aqualung, Los Angeles harbors had a major role in the development of marine scientific research that continues to today.
About Dr. Knatz
Dr. Geraldine Knatz is Professor of the Practice of Policy and Engineering, a joint appointment between the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy and the Viterbi School of Engineering. She previously served as the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles from 2006 to January 2014. She was the first woman to serve in this role and made a significant impact through the creation and implementation of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan, an aggressive plan that reduced air emissions by combined port operations of over 70% over five years. She was also the managing director of the Port of Long Beach where she led a number of environmental initiatives, including the Green Port Policy and Truck Trip Reduction Program.
She is corporate director at Bank of the West, past president of the American Association of Port Authorities and past president of the International Association of Ports and Harbors. She served for 10 years (2007-2017) on California’s Ocean Protection Council from 2007 to 2017, first appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and reappointed by Governor Brown. In 2014, she was named a member of the National Academy of Engineering in recognition of her international leadership in the engineering and development of environmentally clean urban seaports.
