Excerpt from Contributions in Marine Mammal Paleontology Honoring Frank C. Whitmore, Jr.: Incorporating the Proceedings of the Marine Mammal Symposium of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 51st Annual Meeting Held at the San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California, 26 October 1991 With this volume, we pay tribute to our mentor and colleague the good doctor Frank Clifford Whitmore, Ir., whose gracious humor, interest in people, and curiosity about the world have meant so much to so many within the field of paleontology and far beyond it. We are pleased to have this Opportunity to share our respect and admiration for Dr. Whitmore the scientist, the teacher, and the friend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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