Athelstan Spilhaus, Scientist, innovator

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | April 2, 1998 | Copyright

Athelstan F. Spilhaus, the first U.S. ambassador to the United Nations scientific organization, a geophysicist and inventor of a device for measuring deep ocean temperatures, was pronounced dead Monday. He was 86.

Spilhaus developed the idea of using covered skyways and tunnels to connect buildings, protecting people in severe weather. That concept was put into use in Minneapolis in the 1950s, when he was dean of ...

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