“I had taken oceanography and every geography course in the book,” he said in a 2013 interview with Rowan. His 513-day journey would entail nearly a year on the sea, plus time in ports for repairs and reprovisioning. “A jolly romp,” Professor Creamer called the whole thing. He knew he might meet his death on the trip, but he was far more confident, he said, of his safe return. Stargazer From the StartThe third of four children of Sereno Todd Creamer and Grace (Parvin) Creamer, Marvin Charles Creamer was born on Jan. 24, 1916, on a farm near Vineland, N.J., about 50 miles south of Philadelphia.

Source: New York Times August 17, 2020 19:30 UTC