Charles F. Kennel Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2018
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Charles F. Kennel Papers
Creator:
Kennel, Charles F., 1939-
Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0009
Physical Description:
3.2 Linear feet
(8 archives boxes)
Physical Description:
.25 GB
of digital files
Date (inclusive): 1989-2012
Abstract: Papers of Charles F. Kennel, physicist and Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Vice Chancellor and Dean of
Marine Sciences at UC San Diego from 1998-2006. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence and writings, and
files representative of some of his high-level work with various academic and governmental organizations, including NASA.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Charles F. Kennel, physicist and Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Vice Chancellor and Dean of
Marine Sciences at UC San Diego from 1998-2006. The collection mostly consists of files representative of some of his high-level
work with various academic and governmental organizations, including the National Academy of Science National Research Council
(NAS/NAR), and the NASA Advisory Committee (NAC). There is a very small amount of original correspondence, email print-outs,
and manuscripts, and the collection does include a small number of speeches and presentations. There are no teaching materials
or significant administrative files relating to his administrator positions at UCLA or SIO.
Arranged in four series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES, and 4) WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS.
Biography
Charles Frederick Kennel (1939- ) is a scientist, physicist, and former Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and
Vice Chancellor and Dean of Marine Sciences at UC San Diego from 1997-2006. Kennel earned an A.B. in Astronomy from Harvard
University in 1959, and a PhD in Astrophysical Science from Princeton University in 1964.
In 1967, he joined the faculty of the Department of Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles. From 1996 to 1998,
he served as UCLA's Executive Vice Chancellor. Over the course of his career, Kennel has published over 250 papers and articles
exploring topics ranging from plasma physics, to climate change and earth science, to nonlinear science.
Kennel has collaborated extensively with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), primarily in an advisory
capacity. He was a member of the Science Advisory Group from 1971 to 1972, the Space and Earth Science Advisory Committee
from 1987 to 1989, and the Advisory Council since 1998. He served as Associate Administrator and Director of the Mission to
Planet Earth from 1996 to 1998, and chaired the Advisory Council from 2001 to 2005.
He was appointed Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Vice Chancellor and Dean of Marine Sciences at UCSD in
1997. During his nine years at SIO, he oversaw changes to graduate and undergraduate teaching, responded to state budget cuts,
and introduced new collaborations and initiatives, including the Environment and Sustainability Initiative.
Kennel has served on or been affiliated with innumerable science organizations, corporate and public sector boards, and advisory
committees. Among his many accolades are the inaugural Hannes Alfvén Medal from the European Geophysical Society, and the
1997 James Clerk Maxwell Prize from the American Physical Society.
Preferred Citation
Charles F. Kennel Papers. SMC 9. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 2005, 2006, and 2017
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Restrictions
Original VHS recordings are restricted. Patrons may request user copies be produced in advance.
Related Materials
UC San Diego. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Office of the Director Records. SAC 1. Special Collections & Archives,
UC San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kennel, Charles F., 1939- -- Archives
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, Los Angeles
National Research Council (U.S.)
NASA Advisory Council
Box 1, Folder 1
Biographical sketch and bibliographies
ca. 1998
Box 1, Folder 2
Media articles that mention Kennel
ca. 1990-2000
Box 1, Folder 3
Photographic portraits of Kennel
2002
General note
Includes negatives.
Digital_file 3
Photographic portraits of Kennel
2002
Box 1, Folder 4
Handwritten notes
undated
General note
Topics include IGOS, climate change, ozone, and UC San Diego.
Box 1, Folder 6
Phone log book with notes
1993
Box 1, Folder 7
Corporate board service reports
1996-2005
Box 2, Folder 1
Letter from school friend, George
1956
Box 2, Folder 2
Vitaly, Mischa (USSR Space Research Institute) - Shocktrains
1990
Box 2, Folder 3
Russell, Christopher T.
1993
General note
UCLA professor of space physics. Includes minutes on consultations re: Russia's Mars 96 mission.
Box 2, Folder 4
European Geophysical Society - Hannes Alfvén Medal
1997-1998
Box 2, Folder 5
Letters on Kennel's appointment as SIO director
1997-1998
General note
Includes letter from Barbara Boxer.
Box 2, Folder 6
San Diego Natural History Museum
1998-1999
Box 2, Folder 7-9
Incoming correspondence
1999-2006, 2009
Box 2, Folder 10-17
Outgoing professional correspondence
2003
General note
Letters of transmittal, thanks, memoranda, etc.
Box 2, Folder 18
Goddard Senior Fellows visit
2006 March-September
Box 2, Folder 19
NASA Advisory Committee resignation
2006
ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Box 2, Folder 20
American Philosophical Society
2003-2005
Box 2, Folder 21
American Physical Society
1998-2000
General note
See WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS series for a VHS recording of Kennel speaking at the APS Centennial, "Plasma Physics in the
Twentieth Century."
Box 2, Folder 23
California Climate Action Registry
2001-2005
Box 2, Folder 24-27
California Colloquium
1999-2005
Box 3, Folder 1-10
California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)
2000-2007
General note
Includes council meeting agendas and reports.
Box 4, Folder 1-7
California Ocean Science Trust (CalOST)
2002-2005
General note
Includes board meeting agendas and reports.
Box 4, Folder 8
Chinese Geoscience Union
2004-2005
Box 4, Folder 9
Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea workshop
2005
Box 4, Folder 10
Earth Observation Summit
2003 July 31
Box 4, Folder 11
First Thursday Club
2004-2006
Box 4, Folder 12
Geophysical Institute Advisory Board meeting
2003
Box 4, Folder 13
International Council on Systems Engineering - Symposium International Round Table
1997
Box 4, Folder 14
Joint Oceanographic Institutions - Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE)
1998-2003
National Academy of Science/National Research Council (NAS/NAR)
Box 4, Folder 16
Science Policy Senate Forum - Presentation by Kennel on Organizing Regional and Global Change Research
2001
Box 4, Folder 17-19
Committee on Global Change Research - Chairmanship
1998-2000
Box 5, Folder 1-3
Board on Physics and Astrophysics (BPA), Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FuSAC)
1998-2003
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Box 5, Folder 4
NASA Group Achievement Award - Galileo Project Team
1996-1997
Box 5, Folder 5-10
NASA Advisory Council
2001-2003
Box 6, Folder 1
NASA Advisory Council
2004
Box 6, Folder 2-3
NASA Columbia Accident Investigation Board
2004
General note
Kennel served on the independent review board that drafted, "The Pursuit of Excellence: NASA's Agency Wide Application of
the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) CAIB Report."
Box 6, Folder 4-7
NASA Strategic Roadmap - Earth Sciences Applications from Space
2003-2005
Box 6, Folder 8-14
NASA correspondence
1996-2006
Box 6, Folder 15
NASA memorabilia (stickers, patches)
Box 7, Folder 1
National Science Foundation (NSF) - NCAR and UCAR Spec Observers
1997
Box 7, Folder 2
Satellite Oceanography Conference (CORE)
2005
General note
Includes conference call notes and a draft paper on NASA/NOAA partnerships.
Box 7, Folder 3
Science and Technology in Society Forum
2006
General note
Kennel's talking points on Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
Digital_file 2
Workshop on Civil Space Policy. Space Studies Board and Aeronautics & Space Engineering Board - Kennel presentation slides
2007
Box 7, Folder 4
SpaceTech Inaugural Symposium - Global change research presentation slides
1996
WRITINGS AND PRESENTATIONS
Box 7, Folder 5-7
Manuscript draft - Magnetohydrodynamics, waves, and shocks
1989-1990
Box 1, Folder 8
UCLA commencement keynote speech (VHS recording)
1995
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 7, Folder 8
UCLA commencement speeches
1996
Box 7, Folder 9
An integrated global observing strategy for the global environment - Aurelio Peccei Lecture
1996
Box 7, Folder 10
Presentation - Mission to planet earth: Current status and future prospects
1996
Box 7, Folder 11
UCLA Alumni Association Support Group Leadership Conference presentation
1996
Box 7, Folder 12-13
Manuscript draft - Convection and substorms
1996
Box 8, Folder 1
Manuscript draft - Convection and substorms
1996
Box 1, Folder 8
American Physical Society (APS) centennial presentation (VHS recording)
1999
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 8, Folder 2
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science - Testimony for "Climate change: The state of science" hearing
2001
Box 8, Folder 3
University of Alabama, Huntsville commencement address
2003 May 11
Box 8, Folder 4
Ocean Blue - Presentation to Bohemian Club
2003
Box 8, Folder 5
Seven years at the helm of Scripps: A personal history
2005
Digital_file 1
My years at the helm of Scripps: A personal history (PDF)
2005 January 18
Box 8, Folder 6
Biodiversity, and Earth Observations - Presentations
2005
Box 8, Folder 7
Eugene Parker and the discovery of the solar wind
ca. 2012
