[1] She was considered the "world authority" on sea levels and their dependence on heating and cooling of the ocean.
She received her PhD in 1957 from the same institution; her focus was studies of global sea level under Professor Walter Munk.
[2] The annual international Pattullo Conference is the centerpiece of the "Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention" (MPOWIR) program.
[4] The goals of the conference are to: bring early career participants and senior scientists together to share experiences, advice and concerns; to build community networks with peers and senior scientists, to get feedback on current research; to raise awareness of issues confronting early career participants among the senior scientist community.
[5] Professor June Pattullo played an instrumental role in the inception and early development of graduate education in oceanography at OSU.